Table 4.
Summary of perceptions of the quality-of-care transitions using the care transitions measure (N=40 hospital or EDa visits).
| Domains and items | Mean (SD)b | |
| Critical understanding | ||
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When I left the hospital or ED, I clearly understood the purpose for taking each of my medications. | 4.1 (0.8) |
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When I left the hospital or ED, I clearly understood how to take each of my medications, including how much I should take and when. | 4.3 (0.7) |
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When I left the hospital or ED, I clearly understood the possible side effects of each of my medications. | 4.0 (1.1) |
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When I left the hospital or ED, I had a good understanding of the things I was responsible for in managing my health. | 4.2 (0.8) |
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When I left the hospital or ED, I was confident that I knew what to do to manage my health. | 3.9 (1.0) |
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When I left the hospital or ED, I was confident I could actually do the things I needed to do to take care of my health. | 3.8 (1.1) |
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Domain overall mean | 4.1 (0.2) |
| Preferences important | ||
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Before I left the hospital or ED, the staff and I agreed about clear health goals for me and how those would be reached. | 3.9 (1.2) |
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The hospital staff took my preferences into account in deciding what my health care needs would be when I left the hospital or ED. | 4.1 (1.0) |
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The hospital staff took my preferences into account in deciding where my health care needs would be met when I left the hospital or ED. | 4.0 (1.1) |
| Domain overall mean | 4.0 (0.1) | |
| Management preparation | ||
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When I left the hospital or ED, I had all the information I needed to be able to take care of myself. | 4.0 (0.9) |
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When I left the hospital or ED, I clearly understood how to manage my health. | 3.9 (0.9) |
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When I left the hospital or ED, I clearly understood the warning signs and symptoms I should watch for to monitor my health condition. | 4.2 (0.8) |
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When I left the hospital or ED, I had a good understanding of my health condition and what makes it better or worse. | 4.1 (0.9) |
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Domain overall mean | 4.1 (0.1) |
| Care plan | ||
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When I left the hospital or ED, I had a readable and easily understood written list of appointments I needed to complete within the next several weeks. | 3.8 (1.1) |
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When I left the hospital or ED, I had a readable and easily understood written plan that described how all of my health care needs were going to be met. | 3.8 (1.2) |
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Domain overall mean | 3.8 (0.0) |
aED: emergency department.
bParticipants indicated their level of agreement with each item using a Likert scale from 1=strongly disagree to 5=strongly agree.