The Transition Readiness Assessment Questionnaire (TRAQ): Its factor structure, reliability, and validity

Academic Pediatrics

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 415-422

  Wood, David L ^a,b   Sawicki, Gregory S ^c   Miller, M David ^b   Smotherman, Carmen ^b   Lukens Bull, Katryne ^d   Livingood, William C ^b   Ferris, Maria ^e   Kraemer, Dale F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

health care transition readiness; self assessment questionnaire; youth with special health care needs

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CRITERION RELATED VALIDITY; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HUMAN; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANK SUM TEST; RELIABILITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; TRANSITION READINESS ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE; YOUNG ADULT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABLED PERSON; FACTOR ANALYSIS; HEALTH SERVICE; MASSACHUSETTS; MULTICENTER STUDY; NORTH CAROLINA; PSYCHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRANSITIONAL CARE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BOSTON; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DISABLED PERSONS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; NORTH CAROLINA; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TRANSITIONAL CARE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84903598733     PISSN: 18762859     EISSN: 18762867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acap.2014.03.008     Document Type: Article

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