Table 2.

A comparison of patient and parental perceptions regarding the delivery of transitioning education by their healthcare team

Educational Topic	Patient	Parent	p value
Patient’s disease	92%	94%	NS
Patient’s medications	90%	100%	0.001
Medication side effects	79%	69%	NS
Symptoms requiring urgent evaluation	77%	79%	NS
Unprotected intercourse	43%	18%	<0.001
Impact of disease on future offspring	32%	39%	NS
Birth control considerations and risk	45%	23%	0.009
Risk of pregnancy to patient	33%	31%	NS
Risk of alcohol to patient	61%	38%	<0.001
Risk of tobacco use to patient	52%	51%	NS
Risk of illicit drug use to patient	48%	34%	0.019
Impact of disease on patient’s future education	60%	60%	NS
Impact of disease on patient’s future career/vocation	28%	31%	NS