Samuel M. Lazaroff|Alexa Meara|Mary Kate Tompkins|Ellen Peters|Stacy P. Ardoin
How Do Health Literacy, Numeric Competencies, and Patient Activation Relate to Transition Readiness in Adolescents and Young Adults With Rheumatic Diseases?
The Ohio State University|The Ohio State University|The Ohio State University|The Ohio State University|Nationwide Children's Hospital
objective evaluate demographics health literacy numeracy patient activation related transition readiness adolescent young adult aya patients describe parentguardian pg performance metrics predicts aya patients transition readiness methods single center crosssectional study consecutive englishspeaking aya patients ages 1721 years pg recruited outpatient rheumatology clinics participants completed following selfreported instruments demographic questionnaire short test fundamental health literacy objective numeracy scale subjective numeracy scale symbolicnumber mapping patient activation measure transition readiness assessment questionnaire traq aya patients results ninetyone aya patients participated study 64 91 70 juvenile idiopathic arthritis 54 pg mean sd traq score 40 065 correlating starting stage change participants 98 adequate health literacy multivariable regression analysis showed aya patients female sex older age higher patient activation significantly predicted higher traq scores p lt 005 pg characteristics linked higher aya patient traq scores conclusions transition readiness aya patients measured traq associated female sex older age higher patient activation though sex age nonmodifiable interventions boost patient activation represent promising opportunity improve transition readiness outcomes