Transition after pediatric liver transplantation - Perceptions of adults, adolescents and parents

Table 4 Answers to questions asked equally to adolescents, parents and adults

	cohort 1a mean answer (SD), n = 38	cohort 1b (parents) mean answer (SD),n = 38	P value cohort 1a vs 1b	cohort 2a (pp) mean answer (SD),n = 54	P value cohort 2a (pp) vs 1a	P value cohort 2a (pp) vs 1b (parents)	cohort 2b (cp) mean answer (SD),n = 54	P value cohort 2b (cp) vs 1a	P value cohort 2b (cp) vs 1b (parents)	P value cohort 2b (cp) vs 2a
Q 1 “appreciate more intense support during transfer”	2.111 (1.37)	1.421 (0.98)	0.01	2.151 (0.91)	NS	< 0.001	1.541 (1.19)	0.040	NS	0.001
Q2 “no special adolescent outpatient clinic days”	2.471 (1.56)	2.421 (1.64)	NS	3.411 (1.66)	0.002	0.010	-	--	-	--
Q3 “no patient-doctor alone (parent-free) time”	2.161 (1.42)	2.681 (1.66)	NS	2.911 (1.62)	0.030	NS	3.631 (1.25)	0.001	0.010	0.006
Q4 “no collaborative activities after the outpatient appointment”	2.031 (1.40)	2.291 (1.45)	NS	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Q5 “no interest in education or transition programs”	3.551 (1.54)	4.131 (1.23)	NS	2.721 (1.34)	0.005	< 0.001	4.191 (0.91)	NS	NS	0.001
Q6 “transition program starting age”	14.082 (2.22)	13.872 (2.22)	NS	15.442 (2.01)	0.003	0.010	15.092 (1.95)	0.040	0.012	0.010
Q7 “prefer seminars outside the e clinic”	3.031 (1.40)	2.951 (1.53)	NS	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

¹1 = I agree, 2 = I mostly agree, 3 = neither, 4 = I mostly disagree, 5 = I disagree;

²Mean age in years (standard deviation). Cohort 1a: Pre-transfer patients; Cohort 1b: Parents of pre-transfer patients; Cohort 2a (pp): Post-transfer patients from their past adolescent perspective pre-transfer; Cohort 2b (cp): Post-transfer patients from current perspective; NS: Not significant (P > 0.05), P values were calculated using Mann-Whitney U tests.