ArticleChild: care, health and development2023
Readiness for transition to adult health care among US adolescents, 2016-2020.
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- Patient Empowerment Among Children and Adolescents with Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) and Parents of IBD Patients-Use of Counseling Services and Lack of Knowledge About Transition.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Transition of care readiness among adolescents with chronic pain between 2021-2022 in a Nationally representative sample.The journal of pain · 2025Article
- Health care transition rates and associated factors for adolescents with asthma.The journal of allergy and clinical immunology. Global · 2025Article
- Potential of patient portals to enhance adolescent asthma care engagement.Health care transitions · 2025Article
- Preparing adolescents and young adults with epilepsy for transitioning health care (PATH) study: The important role of age and self-efficacy.Epilepsy & behavior : E&B · 2025Article
- Transition Readiness Among Youth Accessing Mental Health Services With Physical Health Co-Morbidities.Child: care, health and development · 2024Article
- Protocols for transitioning to adult mental health services for adolescents with ADHD.BMC psychiatry · 2024Article
- Multi-level factors linked to young adult primary care transitions: evidence from a state all-payer claims analysis.BMC primary care · 2024Article
- Adolescent transition preparation around the COVID-19 pandemic: A cross-sectional study.Health care transitions · 2024Article
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- Readiness for transition to adult health care among US adolescents, 2016-2020.Child: care, health and development · 2023Article
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Abstract
objectiveAdolescence is a critical period of transition from paediatric to adult health care, but readiness for this transition has been described as low in the general adolescent population. We aimed to investigate whether transition readiness improved over time among US adolescents and to examine associations between demographic and clinical characteristics and transition readiness over time.
methodsDeidentified caregiver-reported repeated cross-sectional data from the 2016-2020 National Survey of Children's Health were analysed for caregiver-reported measures of transition readiness among adolescents age 12-17 years. Logistic regression was used to identify trends in transition readiness and change over time in factors associated with this outcome.
resultsAmong 55 022 adolescents represented in the five survey years, the proportion meeting a composite definition of transition readiness increased from 15% (95% confidence interval [CI]: 14%, 16%) in 2016 to 19% (95% CI: 17%, 20%) in 2020. After multivariable adjustment, each additional year was associated with 12% greater odds of caregiver-reported transition readiness (95% CI: +8%, +15%; P < 0.001), and transition readiness was more likely for girls, older adolescents and adolescents with special health care needs. Associations between adolescent characteristics and transition readiness did not change over the study period.
conclusionsPopulation-level caregiver-reported transition readiness among US adolescents has increased but remains low. Factors previously associated with transition readiness (age, sex, race and ethnicity, family income and presence of special health care needs) have persisted over recent years.
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