University of Massachusetts, Boston, MA, USA.
Michigan State University, 620 Farm Lane, Room 460, East Lansing, MI, 48824, USA.
J Autism Dev Disord. 2021 Feb;51(2):589-599. doi: 10.1007/s10803-020-04564-7.
To promote health care transition services (HCTS) among youth with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), it is important to understand their access to HCTS and the association with functioning. We conducted weighted descriptive statistics and regressions. Findings suggested that HCTS were inconsistently provided to youth with ASD. Access to two or more HCTS was associated with positive social-emotional functioning. Helping youth with ASD understand health care changes and working with them to gain skills in managing health needs were found to be significant determinants of positive social-emotional functioning. The present study sheds light on HCTS that are essential for youth with ASD and highlights the necessity of health care system changes to promote service access and optimal functioning for youth with ASD.
为了促进自闭症谱系障碍（ASD）青少年的医疗保健过渡服务（HCTS），了解他们获得 HCTS 的机会及其与功能的关系非常重要。我们进行了加权描述性统计和回归分析。研究结果表明，HCTS 并未一致地提供给 ASD 青少年。获得两种或更多种 HCTS 与积极的社会情感功能相关。帮助 ASD 青少年了解医疗保健的变化，并与他们一起培养管理健康需求的技能，被认为是积极的社会情感功能的重要决定因素。本研究揭示了 ASD 青少年必不可少的 HCTS，并强调了医疗保健系统变革的必要性，以促进 ASD 青少年的服务获取和最佳功能。
