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Table 2 Young people’s experience of proposed beneficial features, overall and by condition

From: How well do services for young people with long term conditions deliver features proposed to improve transition?

 

All conditions

N = 304

ASD

N = 91

CP

N = 85

Diabetes

N = 128

Proposed beneficial feature

n (% of N)

n (% of N)

n (% of N)

n (% of N)

Age-banded clinic

122 (40%)

5 (5%)

11 (13%)

106 (83%)

Meet adult team before transfer

54 (17%)

4 (4%)

11 (13%)

39 (30%)

Promotion of health self-efficacy

216 (69%)

53 (58%)

41 (48%)

122 (95%)

Written transition plan

41 (13%)

3 (3%)

5 (6%)

33 (26%)

Appropriate parent involvement

    

Young person happy with it

222 (73%)

66 (73%)

59 (69%)

97 (76%)

Parent happy with it

216 (71%)

67 (74%)

52 (61%)

97 (76%)

Young person or parent happy with it

265 (87%)

82 (90%)

69 (81%)

114 (89%)

Young person and parent happy with it

173 (57%)

51 (56%)

42 (49%)

80 (62%)

Key worker

132 (43%)

35 (38%)

13 (15%)

84 (65%)

Coordinated team

Not applicable

170 (56%)

52 (17%)

25 (27%)

37 (41%)

31 (35%)

11 (13%)

114 (89%)

4 (3%)

Holistic life-skills training

101 (33%)

17 (19%)

12 (14%)

72 (56%)

Transition manager for clinical team

45 (15%)

14 (15%)

9 (11%)

22 (17%)

  1. ASD autism spectrum disorder with additional mental health problems, CP cerebral palsy