ArticleKansas journal of medicine2022
Understanding Medication Adherence in Patients with Limited English Proficiency.
Article in Kansas journal of medicine, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.
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- Semi-professional language mediators in patient-provider interactions in Germany: an interview study.BMC health services research · 2025Article
- The impact of patient characteristics and social drivers of health factors on oral oncolytic adherence.Journal of managed care & specialty pharmacy · 2025Article
- Relationship between Illness Perception and the need for Professional Medical Interpretation for International Patients in Japan.Journal of immigrant and minority health · 2024Article
- Interpreter and limited-English proficiency patient training helps develop medical and physician assistant students' cross-cultural communication skills.BMC medical education · 2024Article
- Quick Response Codes: A Tool to Improve Access for Patients With Limited English Proficiency.The Journal of pharmacy technology : jPT : official publication of the Association of Pharmacy Technicians · 2023Article
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Abstract
introductionApproximately 41.6% of the U.S. population who speak a language other than English (20% of the total population) have limited English proficiency (LEP) status. Health outcomes for patients with LEP status or who are language discordant (speak a different language than their clinicians) have been studied in several settings, including hospital and outpatient, with results widely demonstrating that these patients have worse outcomes when a professional interpreter is not used consistently. The aim of this study was to investigate the impact of preferred language and language discordance on medication adherence.
methodsData were collected through the review of pharmacy-acquired medication profiles for three primary language cohorts: English, Nepali, and Spanish. Total Days of Adherence, Adherence Ratio, and Maximum Days Non-Adherent were calculated and compared between language groups. The statistics were examined for regular and long-acting insulin, metformin, and ACE inhibitors, testing for differences between language groups, and those who experienced greater and less than the median value for language concordant clinical encounters.
resultsThe most adherent group overall (highest Adherence Ratio) were the Nepali-speaking patients, but the results showed high variability across outcomes and medications.
conclusionsAfter adjustment and stratification for greater and lesser language concordant patient visit experience, it was found that language-spoken plays an important role in the clinical encounter, and that LEP patients could have improved outcomes in their adherence to medications by having providers who speak their language or use an interpreter.
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