Trial reportPediatrics2021
Patterns and Predictors of Professional Interpreter Use in the Pediatric Emergency Department.
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40 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 71 citations in OpenAlex.
- Strategies to Increase Professional Interpreting in Clinical Settings: A Systematic Review.JAMA network open · 2025Pooled it
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- Pain disparities attributed to linguistic minoritization in health care settings.The journal of pain · 2025Review
- Wait-List Controlled Pilot Trial of a Preventive Mental Health Intervention for Refugee Youth.Journal of immigrant and minority health · 2025Article
- Training and usage of language interpretation services among health care providers in a large Canadian pediatric centre.Paediatrics & child health · 2025Article
- Communication across language barriers in Nordic paediatric oncology care - A cross-sectional multicentre survey with healthcare personnel.PEC innovation · 2025Article
- Researcher Perceptions of Inclusion of Study Participants Who Use Languages Other Than English.JAMA network open · 2025Article
- Language barriers and pain disparities in pediatric emergency settings: A call for action.Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine · 2025Article
- Health care access, utilization, and quality for children in English versus Spanish-speaking households.Health affairs scholar · 2025Article
- Using artificial intelligence based language interpretation in non-urgent paediatric emergency consultations: a clinical performance test and legal evaluation.BMC health services research · 2025Article
- Bridging Language Barriers in Healthcare: An Innovative Curriculum for Teaching Medical Students to Work Effectively with Medical Interpreters.MedEdPublish (2016) · 2025Article
- Characterizing Spanish-speaking patients' patient-centered care experiences in the emergency department.Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine · 2025Article
- Impact of Strict Isolation Precautions on Families with a Language Other than English.Health equity · 2025Article
- Nursing perspectives on advancing language access in the emergency department: A qualitative study.PloS one · 2025Article
- Management of race, ethnicity, and language data in the pediatric emergency department.Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine · 2024Article
- Communication Skills of Medical Interpreters: A Qualitative Explanatory Study of Healthcare Professionals' and Medical Interpreters' Perceptions.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Early use of professional interpreters improves trauma outcomes: Results of a single-center retrospective study.Surgery open science · 2024Article
- Leveraging Novel Clinical Decision Support to Improve Preferred Language Documentation in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.Applied clinical informatics · 2024Article
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Abstract
BACKGROUND AND
objectivesProfessional interpretation for patients with limited English proficiency remains underused. Understanding predictors of use is crucial for intervention. We sought to identify factors associated with professional interpreter use during pediatric emergency department (ED) visits.
methodsWe video recorded ED visits for a subset of participants (
resultsWe analyzed 312 communication events from 50 ED visits (28 telephone arm, 22 video arm). Professional interpretation was used for 36% of communications overall, most often for detailed histories (89%) and least often for procedures (11%) and medication administrations (8%). Speaker type, communication content, and duration were all significantly associated with professional interpreter use. Assignment to video interpretation was associated with significantly increased use of professional interpretation for communication with providers (adjusted odds ratio 2.7; 95% confidence interval: 1.1-7.0).
conclusionsProfessional interpreter use was inconsistent over the course of an ED visit, even for patients enrolled in an interpretation study. Assignment to video rather than telephone interpretation led to greater use of professional interpretation among physicians and nurse practitioners but not nurses and other staff.
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