Table 5 Assessment of preparedness for transition from pediatric to adult care among male and female adolescents living with HIV
Assessment of preparedness for transition | Total (n = 328), n (%) | Male (n = 169), n (%) | Female (n = 159), n (%) | p-value* |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Can you recognize when you are getting sick? | 0.28 | |||
 No | 92 (28.0) | 43 (25.4) | 49 (30.8) |  |
 Yes | 236 (72.0) | 126 (74.6) | 110 (69.2) |  |
Do you know when you need to call the doctor? | 1.00 | |||
 No | 64 (19.5) | 33 (19.5) | 31 (19.5) |  |
 Yes | 264 (80.5) | 136 (80.5) | 128 (80.5) |  |
Are you responsible for making your own appointments? | 0.40 | |||
 No | 177 (54.0) | 95 (56.2) | 82 (51.6) |  |
 Yes | 151 (46.0) | 74 (43.8) | 77 (48.4) |  |
Are you responsible for refilling your own medications? | 0.79 | |||
 No | 151 (46.0) | 79 (46.7) | 72 (45.3) |  |
 Yes | 177 (54.0) | 90 (53.3) | 87 (54.7) |  |
Do you feel comfortable asking questions at your appointments? | 0.04 | |||
 No | 284 (86.6) | 140 (82.8) | 144 (90.6) |  |
 Yes | 44 (13.4) | 29 (17.2) | 15 (9.4) |  |
Do you have a copy of your health records and doctor contacts? | < 0.001 | |||
 No | 179 (54.6) | 72 (42.6) | 107 (67.3) |  |
 Yes | 149 (45.4) | 97 (57.4) | 52 (32.7) |  |
Do you have a method of keeping track of your healthcare appointments? | < 0.001 | |||
 No | 126 (38.4) | 46 (27.2) | 80 (50.3) |  |
 Yes | 202 (61.6) | 123 (72.8) | 79 (49.7) |  |
Do you find it difficult to remember to take your medicine? | 0.21 | |||
 No | 250 (76.2) | 124 (73.4) | 126 (79.2) |  |
 Yes | 78 (26.8) | 45 (26.6) | 33 (20.8) |  |
When you feel better, do you stop taking your medicine? | 0.14 | |||
 No | 326 (99.4) | 169 (100) | 157 (98.7) |  |
 Yes | 2 (0.6) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (1.3) |  |
If you feel worse when you take the medicine, do you stop taking it? | 0.02 | |||
 No | 292 (89.0) | 157 (92.9) | 135 (84.9) |  |
 Yes | 36 (11.0) | 12 (7.1) | 24 (15.1) |  |
Thinking back over the past 4Â days, have you missed any of your medicine? | 0.81 | |||
 No | 282 (86.0) | 147 (87.0) | 135 (84.9) |  |
 Not sure | 41 (12.5) | 20 (11.8) | 21 (13.2) |  |
 Yes | 5 (1.5) | 2 (1.2) | 3 (1.9) |  |
Visual adherence scale (%) | 95.4 ± 9.6 | 95.3 ± 9.6 | 95.4 ± 9.7 | 0.91 |