Ali Yağiz Ayla, Helin İdil Beşiroğlu, Feyza Nur Azman, Buğra Han Egeli, Hatice Eren, Sıla Öztürk, Sercan Ergün, Amra Adrovic, Kenan Barut, Fatih Haslak, Sezgin Şahin, Mehmet Yıldız, Huri Özdoğan, Özgür Kasapçopur, Serdal Ugurlu
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Transitional care is essential to maintain the continuity of care in younger patients with rheumatic diseases. In this study, we aimed to assess the transition readiness of rheumatology patients who had already transferred from pediatric to adult care using a questionnaire. We included young adult rheumatology patients who had already transferred to adult rheumatology care. The Transition Readiness Assessment Questionnaire (TRAQ) was used in the adult rheumatology clinic to assess the patients' readiness; a retrospective chart review was conducted to include diagnosis, age at diagnosis, age at transfer, and current age. Three hundred and ten patients (184 female and 126 male) participated in this study. The mean age at diagnosis, the mean age at transfer, and the mean age at the time of the study were 10.7 ± 4.29, 21.1 ± 1.69, and 24.0 ± 2.26 years, respectively. Most of the patients had familial Mediterranean fever, followed by arthritis, connective tissue disorders, and other diseases. Tracking health issues was the lowest-scored domain. Females scored significantly higher than males in the tracking health issue domain (P = .006) and managing health issue domain (P = .028) but not in the overall TRAQ score (P = .053). Patients in different diagnosis and transfer age groups scored similarly across the domains. In this study, females performed better than males in 2 domains of the TRAQ questionnaire. Diagnoses or transfer age groups were not associated with TRAQ outcomes.