ArticleJournal of the American Heart Association2017
Professional Medical Interpreters Influence the Quality of Acute Ischemic Stroke Care for Patients Who Speak Languages Other than English.
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- A systematic review of whether the number of linguistic errors in medical interpretation is associated with the use of professional vs ad hoc interpreters.Archives of public health = Archives belges de sante publique · 2024Pooled it
- Professional Interpreter Services and the Impact on Hospital Care Outcomes: An Integrative Review of Literature.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Pooled it
- The Relationship Between Limited English Proficiency and Outcomes in Stroke Prevention, Management, and Rehabilitation: A Systematic Review.Frontiers in neurology · 2022Pooled it
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- Diagnostic Reversion in Dementia Care: A Real-World Analysis of Mild Cognitive Impairment Diagnoses Following Dementia in a Large Electronic Medical Record System.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2025Article
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- Racial Disparities in Time to Huntington Disease Diagnosis in North America: An ENROLL-HD Analysis.Neurology. Clinical practice · 2024Article
- Disparities in Huntington Disease Severity: Analysis Using the ENROLL-HD Dataset.Neurology. Clinical practice · 2023Article
- Interpreter services and effect on healthcare - a systematic review of the impact of different types of interpreters on patient outcome.Journal of migration and health · 2023Review
- Language disparity is not a significant barrier for time-sensitive care of acute ischemic stroke.BMC neurology · 2020Article
- Challenges and opportunities caring for neurology outpatients across language differences.Neurology. Clinical practice · 2019Article
- Unique Considerations for Special Populations in Episodic Migraine: the Underserved.Current pain and headache reports · 2019Review
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Abstract
backgroundThe inability to communicate effectively in a common language can jeopardize clinicians' efforts to provide quality patient care. Professional medical interpreters (PMIs) can help provide linguistically appropriate health care, in particular for the >25 million Americans who identify speaking English less than very well. We aimed to evaluate the relationship between use of PMIs and quality of acute ischemic stroke care received by patients who preferred to have their medical care in languages other than English. METHODS AND
resultsWe analyzed data from 259 non-English-preferring acute ischemic stroke patients who participated in the American Heart Association Get With The Guidelines-Stroke program at our hospital from January 1, 2003, to April 30, 2014. We used descriptive statistics and logistic regression models to examine associations between involvement of PMIs and patients' receipt of defect-free stroke care. A total of 147 of 259 (57%) non-English-preferring patients received PMI services during their hospital stays. Multivariable analyses adjusting for other socioeconomic factors showed that acute ischemic stroke patients who did not receive PMIs had lower odds of receiving defect-free stroke care (odds ratio: 0.52;
conclusionsOur findings suggest that PMIs may influence the quality of acute ischemic stroke care.
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