TABLE 2.
For participants from Australia, UK and the USA: The proportion endorsing at least 1 need per AYA‐NA domain, the average proportion of items identified as a problem per domain) and the percentage of participants, endorsing each AYA‐NA item
| AYA‐NA domain | Proportion of AYAs endorsing 1+ need | Proportion of items endorsedM (SD)Range | AYA‐NA item (as presented in the tool) | % Yes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Practical (5 items) (N = 219) | 67.6% | 24.1% (23.2)0%–100% | Housing or living arrangements | 14.6 |
| Education c | 34.7 | |||
| Work or career c | 28.8 | |||
| Transport or parking | 13.7 | |||
| Bills or finances | 28.8 | |||
| Family (5 items) (N = 219) | 49.8% | 17.4% (21.7)0%–100% | Mum and/or dad c | 32.4 |
| Brother(s) and/or sister(s) c | 23.3 | |||
| Partner, boyfriend or girlfriend c | 16.0 | |||
| Child (ren) | 4.1 | |||
| Other family members c | 11.4 | |||
| Emotional (11 items) (N = 219) | 78.5% | 20.1% (19.2)0%–91% | Sadness | 28.3 |
| Feeling alone or isolated c | 16.4 | |||
| Anxiety or fear | 33.3 | |||
| Guilt c | 11.0 | |||
| Boredom c | 46.1 | |||
| Anger or frustration c | 25.1 | |||
| Extreme moodiness c | 12.3 | |||
| Feeling hopeless or helpless c | 16.4 | |||
| Feeling confused c | 18.7 | |||
| Loss of meaning or purpose c | 10.0 | |||
| Loss of faith or spirituality | 3.2 | |||
| Social (5 items) (N = 134 a ) | 69.4% | 25.2% (22.3)0%–100% | Isolated from friends c | 17.9 |
| Missing important events c | 32.1 | |||
| Friends don't understand c | 6.0 | |||
| Worry about boy/girlfriend c | 21.1 | |||
| Missing doing the ‘normal stuff’ with friends c | 49.3 | |||
| Physical (19 items b ) (N = 219) | 84.9% | 19.8% (17.0)0%–89% | General appearance | 26.9 |
| Hair loss c | 38.4 | |||
| Breathing difficulty | 12.3 | |||
| Fitness or sporting ability c | 29.2 | |||
| Sleeping difficulty | 33.3 | |||
| Constipation or diarrhoea | 22.8 | |||
| Sexual concerns | 10.0 | |||
| Loss of libido b , c | 9.7 | |||
| Pain when having sex b , c | 4.5 | |||
| Fertility c | 19.6 | |||
| Eating or appetite | 29.2 | |||
| Extreme exhaustion or tiredness c | 28.8 | |||
| Memory or concentration | 18.7 | |||
| Tingling in hands or feet | 11.9 | |||
| Pain | 21.9 | |||
| Nausea or vomiting | 26.9 | |||
| High temperature or fever | 11.4 | |||
| Use of alcohol and/or drugs c | 4.6 | |||
| Other medical worry c | 6.9 | |||
| Information (5 items) (N = 219) | 28.3% | 8.3% (15.6)0%–100% | Understanding of information c | 20.5 |
| Feeling involved in decision making c | 6.8 | |||
| Feeling listened to c | 7.8 | |||
| Rights to confidentiality c | 1.8 | |||
| Rights to privacy c | 4.6 |
a
Participants from the UK were not included in the social domain, as they used a different version of this subscale.
b
Participants from the UK completed the 17‐item, paediatric version of the AYA‐NA which excludes 2 items on sexual functioning in the physical domain.
c
Items that are new or modified (cf. the adult version).