TY - JOUR
T1 - The Transition Readiness Assessment Questionnaire (TRAQ)
T2 - Its factor structure, reliability, and validity
AU - Wood, David L.
AU - Sawicki, Gregory S.
AU - Miller, M. David
AU - Smotherman, Carmen
AU - Lukens-Bull, Katryne
AU - Livingood, William C.
AU - Ferris, Maria
AU - Kraemer, Dale F.
N1 - Funding Information:
Partial support for this work was provided for Dr Sawicki, NHLBI , K23 HL105541-01A1 , and for Dr Wood, Florida Department of Health, Children's Medical Services , contract 6119-1307-00-B.
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - Objective National consensus statements recommend that providers regularly assess the transition readiness skills of adolescent and young adults (AYA). In 2010 we developed a 29-item version of Transition Readiness Assessment Questionnaire (TRAQ). We reevaluated item performance and factor structure, and reassessed the TRAQ's reliability and validity. Methods We surveyed youth from 3 academic clinics in Jacksonville, Florida; Chapel Hill, North Carolina; and Boston, Massachusetts. Participants were AYA with special health care needs aged 14 to 21 years. From a convenience sample of 306 patients, we conducted item reduction strategies and exploratory factor analysis (EFA). On a second convenience sample of 221 patients, we conducted confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). Internal reliability was assessed by Cronbach's alpha and criterion validity. Analyses were conducted by the Wilcoxon rank sum test and mixed linear models. Results The item reduction and EFA resulted in a 20-item scale with 5 identified subscales. The CFA conducted on a second sample provided a good fit to the data. The overall scale has high reliability overall (Cronbach's alpha =.94) and good reliability for 4 of the 5 subscales (Cronbach's alpha ranging from.90 to.77 in the pooled sample). Each of the 5 subscale scores were significantly higher for adolescents aged 18 years and older versus those younger than 18 (P <.0001) in both univariate and multivariate analyses. Conclusions The 20-item, 5-factor structure for the TRAQ is supported by EFA and CFA on independent samples and has good internal reliability and criterion validity. Additional work is needed to expand or revise the TRAQ subscales and test their predictive validity.
AB - Objective National consensus statements recommend that providers regularly assess the transition readiness skills of adolescent and young adults (AYA). In 2010 we developed a 29-item version of Transition Readiness Assessment Questionnaire (TRAQ). We reevaluated item performance and factor structure, and reassessed the TRAQ's reliability and validity. Methods We surveyed youth from 3 academic clinics in Jacksonville, Florida; Chapel Hill, North Carolina; and Boston, Massachusetts. Participants were AYA with special health care needs aged 14 to 21 years. From a convenience sample of 306 patients, we conducted item reduction strategies and exploratory factor analysis (EFA). On a second convenience sample of 221 patients, we conducted confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). Internal reliability was assessed by Cronbach's alpha and criterion validity. Analyses were conducted by the Wilcoxon rank sum test and mixed linear models. Results The item reduction and EFA resulted in a 20-item scale with 5 identified subscales. The CFA conducted on a second sample provided a good fit to the data. The overall scale has high reliability overall (Cronbach's alpha =.94) and good reliability for 4 of the 5 subscales (Cronbach's alpha ranging from.90 to.77 in the pooled sample). Each of the 5 subscale scores were significantly higher for adolescents aged 18 years and older versus those younger than 18 (P <.0001) in both univariate and multivariate analyses. Conclusions The 20-item, 5-factor structure for the TRAQ is supported by EFA and CFA on independent samples and has good internal reliability and criterion validity. Additional work is needed to expand or revise the TRAQ subscales and test their predictive validity.
KW - health care transition readiness
KW - self-assessment questionnaire
KW - youth with special health care needs
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U2 - 10.1016/j.acap.2014.03.008
DO - 10.1016/j.acap.2014.03.008
M3 - Article
C2 - 24976354
AN - SCOPUS:84903598733
SN - 1876-2859
VL - 14
SP - 415
EP - 422
JO - Academic Pediatrics
JF - Academic Pediatrics
IS - 4
ER -