Validation of the UNC TRxANSITION Scale   Version 3 Among Mexican Adolescents With XXXX .

@entity1 @entity740
BACKGROUND: There is a lack of valid health care transition readiness (HCT) scales in Spanish. OBJECTIVE: To provide initial validation of the UNC TRxANSITION Scale    among Mexican adolescents and young adults (youth) with @entity740 ( @entity740 ). METHODS: We used the professionally translated/back translated, provider-administered UNC TRxANSITION Scale    (Ferris et al., 2012). This 33-question scale measures HCT in ten sub-scales including knowledge about diagnosis or treatment, diet, reproductive health, school/work, insurance, ability to self-manage and looking for new health providers. Its maximum score is 10. We enrolled 163 Mexican adolescents (48.5% females) with @entity740 stage>= 3, mean age of 15.1years (  2.1) and whose primary language is Spanish. There were 15 @entity1 on hemodialysis (9.2%) and 30 transplant recipients (18.4%). Results were compared to those reported in adolescents with chronic conditions from the USA. RESULTS: Our cohort's overall median total score was 5.9. @entity1 >= 16years old had a median total score of 6.4, whereas younger @entity1 had median score of 5.6 (p<0.05). Transplant @entity1 had greater scores in the total and the sub-scales of medication knowledge, issues of reproduction, insurance, trade/work and adherence (p<0.05). When comparing the total score (by age), results from our Mexican youth were similar to those reported in youth from the USA. CONCLUSIONS: In our Mexican cohort of youth with @entity740 , health care transition readiness is greater in older @entity1 and in transplant recipients. Our cohort's overall score is low, indicating the need for a health care transition preparation program. The UNC TRxANSITION Scale    results in Mexican youth with @entity740 are comparable to findings in youth from the USA.
