Validation of the care transition measure in multi-ethnic South-East Asia in Singapore

Table 3 Association of CTM score with ED visits, rehospitalisation, and experience with care

		English CTM						Chinese CTM
		Mean	SD	P-value^*	Mean	SD	P-value^*	Mean	SD	P-value^*	Mean	SD	P-value^*
		CTM-15 based on 5-point response scale			CTM-15 based on 3-point response scale			CTM-15 based on 5-point response scale			CTM-15 based on 3-point response scale
ED visit for similar condition	Yes	62.1	19.7	0.020	67.0	24.8	0.002	60.9	19.1	0.492	65.5	26.5	0.249
ED visit for similar condition	No	66.8	13.5	0.020	75.4	18.5	0.002	63.4	14.9	0.492	71.8	22.4	0.249
Rehospitalisation for similar condition	Yes	62.8	19.2	0.041	67.9	24.2	0.004	62.8	18.2	0.908	69.4	25.7	0.719
Rehospitalisation for similar condition	No	66.7	13.5	0.041	75.4	18.6	0.004	63.2	15.0	0.908	71.3	22.5	0.719
Correlation with EXP score, Pearson's r		0.397		<0.001	0.392		<0.001	0.461		<0.001	0.426		<0.001
		CTM-3 based on 5-point response scale			CTM-3 based on 3-point response scale			CTM-3 based on 5-point response scale			CTM-3 based on 3-point response scale
ED visit for similar condition	Yes	56.1	23.0	0.004	57.4	30.3	0.001	56.3	21.9	0.498	58.3	32.7	0.329
ED visit for similar condition	No	63.0	16.4	0.004	68.9	24.3	0.001	59.2	17.6	0.498	65.2	28.8	0.329
Rehospitalisation for similar condition	Yes	56.9	22.8	0.009	58.7	30.1	0.003	58.7	21.8	0.977	63.5	33.6	0.887
Rehospitalisation for similar condition	No	62.9	16.3	0.009	68.8	24.4	0.003	58.9	17.6	0.977	64.5	28.7	0.887
Correlation with EXP score, Pearson's r		0.399		<0.001	0.389		<0.001	0.378		<0.001	0.356		<0.001

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