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Chen Z, Li Y, Xie Z, Tang S, Xiao J. Psychometric validation of the Chinese versions of the quality of communication questionnaires for cancer patients and their family caregivers. BMC Nurs 2024; 23:413. [PMID: 38898521 PMCID: PMC11188171 DOI: 10.1186/s12912-024-02071-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2024] [Accepted: 06/05/2024] [Indexed: 06/21/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND Given the lack of valid and reliable instruments for evaluating the quality of communication between physicians and cancer patients and their family caregivers in China, this study translated and culturally adapted the Quality of Communication questionnaires for cancer patients (QOC-P) and their family caregivers (QOC-F) for use in the Chinese context and evaluated their psychometric properties. METHODS The QOC-P and QOC-F were translated following an adapted version of Brislin's translation model and culturally adapted according to a Delphi expert panel. We pretested and refined the Chinese versions of the QOC-P and QOC-F among 16 dyads of patients and their family caregivers. Subsequently, we administered the questionnaires to 228 dyads of patients and their family caregivers who were recruited from six tertiary hospitals. The content validity, construct validity, convergent validity, and reliability of the QOC-P and QOC-F were examined. RESULTS Through exploratory factor analysis, The QOC-P and QOC-F were divided into two dimensions: general communication and end-of-life communication. The Cronbach's coefficients ranged from 0.905 to 0.907 for the two subscales of the QOC-P and from 0.908 to 0.953 for the two subscales of the QOC-F. The two-week test-retest reliability was acceptable for both the QOC-P and QOC-F, with intraclass correlation coefficients of 0.993 and 0.991, respectively. The scale content validity index (QOC-P: 0.857, QOC-F: 1.0) and split-half reliability (QOC-P: 0.833, QOC-F: 0.935) were satisfactory. There was a negative correlation with anxiety and depression for both the QOC-P (r = -0.233 & -0.241, p < 0.001) and QOC-F (r = -0.464 & -0.420, p<0.001). The QOC-P showed a negative correlation with decision regret (r = -0.445, p<0.001) and a positive correlation with shared decision-making (r = 0.525, p<0.001), as hypothesized. CONCLUSION The QOC-P and QOC-F show acceptable psychometric properties for evaluating the quality of communication between physicians and cancer patients and their family caregivers in both clinical and research contexts. Future studies should use more diverse and inclusive samples to test the structure of the Chinese version of the QOC-P and QOC-F with confirmatory factor analysis.
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- Zhihan Chen
- Xiangya School of Nursing, Central South University, NO. 172 Rd, Changsha, 410013, China
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- Xiangya School of Nursing, Central South University, NO. 172 Rd, Changsha, 410013, China
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- Xiangya School of Nursing, Central South University, NO. 172 Rd, Changsha, 410013, China
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- Xiangya School of Nursing, Central South University, NO. 172 Rd, Changsha, 410013, China.
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- Xiangya School of Nursing, Central South University, NO. 172 Rd, Changsha, 410013, China.
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Polavarapu M, Singh S, Sharma S, Hamilton G. Impact of telehealth on patient-provider communication in prenatal care for pregnant women from underserved settings. JOURNAL OF COMMUNICATION IN HEALTHCARE 2024:1-9. [PMID: 38826111 DOI: 10.1080/17538068.2024.2360820] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2024]
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INTRODUCTION Telehealth has emerged as a promising supplementary modality in prenatal care. However, its impact on patient-provider communication (PPC), especially among pregnant women from underserved settings, requires comprehensive evaluation. This study examined the factors associated with the quality of patient-provider communication during the COVID-19 pandemic among pregnant telehealth users and non-users. METHODS Using a cross-sectional study design, 242 women were surveyed (response rate = 23%) regarding their experience with telehealth, quality of PPC, and experiences of discrimination during prenatal care. Multiple regression models were used to identify the factors associated with the quality of PPC during the COVID-19 pandemic. A sub-group analysis explored the factors associated with the quality of PPC separately among telehealth users and non-users. RESULTS The majority of the participants were on Medicaid (95%) and self-identified as Black/African American (57.3%). Regression analyses revealed a negative relationship between telehealth use during pregnancy and the quality of PPC (β = -1.13, P = 0.002). Irrespective of the telehealth use, the experience of discrimination was associated with poor quality of PPC among users (β = -3.47, P = .02) and non-users (β = -.78, P = .03), while adjusting for sociodemographic factors and social support during pregnancy. DISCUSSION While telehealth offers advantages like convenience, increased accessibility, and continuity of care, challenges in establishing effective PPC in virtual settings have emerged that emphasize the necessity for comprehensive provider training extending beyond technical competencies. The persistent issue of perceived discrimination, impacting PPC across both groups, underscores the necessity to rethink existing strategies of mandatory training to increase providers' knowledge.
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- Mounika Polavarapu
- Department of Population Health, The University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, USA
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- Department of Population Health, The University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, USA
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- College of Medicine, The University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, USA
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- College of Medicine, The University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, USA
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Crume B, Suufi M, Nabbosa G, Parker-Hartigan L, McBride A, Rufo PA, Crowley M. Analysis of missed clinic visits, preferred languages, and telemedicine in a pediatric gastroenterology practice. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr 2024; 78:1069-1081. [PMID: 38451035 DOI: 10.1002/jpn3.12176] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2023] [Revised: 01/17/2024] [Accepted: 02/03/2024] [Indexed: 03/08/2024]
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OBJECTIVES Previous studies have demonstrated a relationship between socioeconomic disparities and missed clinic visits (MCV). However, the relationship between patient-preferred language and MCVs, particularly with respect to telemedicine, remains relatively underexplored. We sought to characterize the associations between MCV and patient-level predictors, including preferred language, in a large single-center pediatric gastroenterology, hepatology, and nutrition practice. METHODS This retrospective longitudinal cohort study included all missed or completed outpatient visits in the Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition Programs at Boston Children's Hospital from January 1, 2016 to May 20, 2022. Univariate and multivariate hierarchical generalized linear mixed models were employed to identify associations between visit- and patient-level predictors and an MCV outcome. RESULTS A total of 300,201 visits from 70,710 patients residing in Massachusetts were included. Univariate analyses revealed higher MCV odds for Hispanic patients and those from areas with the highest Social Vulnerability Index (SVI), and these odds increased with telemedicine (Hispanic in-person odds ratio [OR] 5.21 [(95% confidence interval) 4.93-5.52] vs. telemedicine OR 8.79 [7.85-9.83]; highest SVI in-person OR 5.28 [4.95-5.64] vs. telemedicine OR 7.82 [6.84-8.96]). Controlled multivariate analyses revealed that among six language groups, only Spanish language preference was associated with higher MCV odds, which increased with telemedicine (Spanish in-person adjusted OR [aOR] 1.35 [1.24-1.48] vs. telemedicine aOR 2.1 [1.83-2.44]). CONCLUSIONS Patients preferring Spanish experience unique barriers to care beyond those faced by other language preference groups, and telemedicine may exacerbate these barriers.
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- Bonnie Crume
- Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- The Sandra L. Fenwick Institute for Pediatric Health Equity and Inclusion, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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Smith FS, Lai H, Tamí-Maury I, Cornejo Gonzalez A, Stuart S, Denny MC, Ancer Leal A, Sharrief A, Maroufy V, Savitz SI, Beauchamp JES. A Cross-sectional Survey of Comprehension and Satisfaction of Spanish-Reading Adults Regarding RÁPIDO as a Stroke Awareness Acronym. J Neurosci Nurs 2024; 56:69-74. [PMID: 38598848 DOI: 10.1097/jnn.0000000000000755] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/12/2024]
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ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Delay time to hospital arrival may be influenced by lack of recognition of stroke signs and the necessity to seek emergency medical, which in turn is influenced by language barriers to, a modifiable risk factor, stroke awareness education. The objective was to determine the comprehension and satisfaction of a Spanish stroke awareness acronym, RÁPIDO, among community-living, Hispanic and Latino, Spanish-reading adults. METHODS: A 33-item survey was completed by 166 adults. Data on sociodemographics, language preferences, stroke education, and comprehension and satisfaction with RÁPIDO were collected. Descriptive characteristics were calculated. Fisher exact tests were performed to determine whether reading language (group 1, only or predominantly reads in Spanish; group 2, reads in Spanish and English equally or reads predominately in English) influenced survey responses. Responses to open-ended questions were categorized. RESULTS: Sixty-nine percent of the participants were born outside of the United States, 82% currently resided in the United States, 34% read only or predominately in Spanish, and 7% had a stroke. Most participants thought RÁPIDO was informative, eye-catching, and easily remembered. Significant differences were found between reading language preference groups for correctly identifying RÁPIDO images for facial drooping (group 1, 80%; group 2, 95%; P ≤ .001) and dizziness/loss of balance (group 1, 54%; group 2, 73%; P = .027). Eighty percent or more of all participants were able to correctly interpret RÁPIDO images for facial drooping, blurry vision, impaired speech, and call emergency services. Adding "911" to the RÁPIDO image of the clock was a common suggestion. CONCLUSIONS: RÁPIDO was well received among the participants. Modifications to RÁPIDO images representing dizziness/loss of balance and arm weakness, and the addition of "911" may improve its usefulness. Obtaining more extensive feedback across the United States and testing the effect of RÁPIDO on increasing knowledge of stroke signs and retention of that knowledge are necessary next steps.
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Gong H, Liu X, Xiong H, Yang Y. Non-professional Medical Interpreting as a Contextualized Practice: Chinese Volunteer Interpreters' Role-Spaces in Mediating Provider-Patient Conflicts Amid the Pandemic. HEALTH COMMUNICATION 2024; 39:15-24. [PMID: 36444114 DOI: 10.1080/10410236.2022.2152215] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Non-professional medical interpreters are frequent participants of bilingual health communication. Yet, scholarly attention paid to this group's roles in less routinized medical encounters is insufficient. Adopting the concept of "role-space," this study explores volunteer medical interpreters' (VMIs) roles in mediating provider-patient conflicts at a designated hospital tasked to admit and treat foreign patients in City Y, China. In-depth interviews with eight VMIs, two doctors, two patients, and one Foreign Affairs officer indicate that VMIs took on the roles of provider proxy, patient advocates, information gatekeepers, and emotional supporters while navigating through challenges at the macro-, meso- and micro-level; Their practices led to four role-spaces that featured high presentation of VMIs' self-driven actions during dyadic communication with patients only and, in most cases, minimal interaction management and participant alignment in provider-patient encounters.
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- He Gong
- Research Center of Journalism and Social Development, School of Journalism and Communication, Renmin University of China
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- Department of Communication, University of Colorado Denver
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- School of Journalism and Communication, Xiamen University
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- School of Journalism and Communication, Xiamen University
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Gershengorn HB, Patel S, Mallow CM, Falise J, Sosa MA, Parekh DJ, Ferreira T. Association of language concordance and restraint use in adults receiving mechanical ventilation. Intensive Care Med 2023; 49:1489-1498. [PMID: 37843570 DOI: 10.1007/s00134-023-07243-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2023] [Accepted: 09/25/2023] [Indexed: 10/17/2023]
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PURPOSE Clinician-patient language concordance improves patient outcomes in non-intensive care unit (ICU) settings. We sought to assess the association of ICU nurse-patient language concordance with delirium-related outcomes. METHODS We conducted a retrospective cohort study of adult English- or Spanish-speaking mechanically ventilated ICU patients admitted to ICUs at the University of Miami Hospital and Clinics (January 2021-September 2022). Our primary exposure was nurse-patient language concordance on each shift. We used mixed-effects multivariable regression to evaluate the association of language concordance with the primary outcome of restraint use, and secondary outcomes of agitation and identification of delirium, during each shift (with patient as a random effect). RESULTS Our cohort included 4326 shifts (3380 [78.1%] with language concordance) from 548 patients and 157 nurses. Spanish language was preferred by 269 (49.1%) of patients. English-speaking patients tended to be younger (65 [53, 75] vs 73 [61, 83], p < 0.001) and of non-Hispanic ethnicity (55.5% vs 7.1%, p < 0.001). English-speakers had restraints ordered on fewer of their included shifts (0 [0, 3] vs 1 [0, 3], p = 0.005). After adjustment, the odds of restraint use on shifts with language concordance was significantly lower (odds ratio [OR, 95% confidence interval [CI]]: 0.50 [0.39-0.63], p < 0.001). Agitation (18.6% vs 25.2%; OR [95% CI]: 0.71 [0.55-0.92], p = 0.009) and delirium identification (34.5% vs 41.3%; OR [95% CI]: 0.54 [0.34-0.88], p = 0.014) were also less common. CONCLUSIONS We identified a twofold reduction in the odds of restraint use among mechanically ventilated patients for language concordant nurse-patient dyads. Ensuring nurse-patient language concordance may improve ICU delirium, agitation, and restraint use.
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- Hayley B Gershengorn
- Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, 1951 NW 7th Avenue, Miami, FL, 33136, USA.
- Division of Critical Care Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA.
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- Care Transformation, University of Miami Hospital and Clinics, Miami, FL, USA
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- Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, 1951 NW 7th Avenue, Miami, FL, 33136, USA
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- Nursing, University of Miami Hospital and Clinics, Miami, FL, USA
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- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Medicine, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA
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- Department of Urology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA
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- Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, 1951 NW 7th Avenue, Miami, FL, 33136, USA
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Welti K, Manlove J, Finocharo J, Faccio B, Kim L. Women's experiences with person-centered family planning care: Differences by sociodemographic characteristics. Contracept X 2022; 4:100081. [PMID: 35965653 PMCID: PMC9372601 DOI: 10.1016/j.conx.2022.100081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2022] [Revised: 07/12/2022] [Accepted: 07/13/2022] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Objective Person-centered contraceptive care is associated with positive reproductive health outcomes. Our objective was to analyze patients’ ratings on the newly developed Person-Centered Contraceptive Counseling scale (PCCC) to provide distributions for a nationally representative population and to assess differences by sociodemographic characteristics. Study design Using data from 2017 to 2019 National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG), we analyzed ratings across the four PCCC items among 2242 women who received contraceptive counseling in the past year. Items measured patients’ reports of how providers respected them, let them describe their contraceptive preferences, took their preferences seriously, and adequately informed them about their options. We studied each PCCC item individually as well as the combined scale, distinguishing between ratings of “excellent” versus lower ratings. Bivariate and multivariate logistic regression models assessed how patients’ characteristics (age, race/ethnicity and English proficiency, sexual orientation, income, and parity) and provider type were associated with the likelihood of experiencing person-centered care. Results The majority of women (59%–69%) reported that their family planning provider was “excellent” across the four PCCC items and just over half (51%) reported “excellent” on all items. In multivariate analyses, having a lower income, Black race, non-heterosexual identity, and Hispanic ethnicity combined with low English proficiency were associated with lower PCCC ratings. Conclusions In a nationally representative sample, the PCCC captured variation in women's experiences with person-centered family planning care by sociodemographic characteristics. Findings highlight the need for contraceptive counseling that centers on clients’ preferences and experiences, particularly for patients who belong to groups experiencing health inequities. Implications Person-centered care is a key component of high-quality family planning services. This analysis highlights sociodemographic disparities in person-centered care by analyzing PCCC ratings. Findings show the value of this new health care performance measure and affirm the need for family planning care that centers individuals' preferences and lived experiences.
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