Medical Team Practices and Interpreter Alterations on Family-Centered Rounds.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Robust evidence demonstrates inequities in communication during family-centered rounds for families who use a language other than English (LOE) for health care. This study aimed to characterize the type of interpreter alterations occurring on family-centered rounds and identify medical team communication practices associated with alterations.

Methods

In this observational study of interpreter-supported family-centered rounds, we recorded and transcribed family-centered rounds encounters for Spanish-speaking families. We assessed measures of medical team communication behaviors and interpreter alterations (omissions, additions, and substitutions) using previously described instruments. We used a content analysis approach to apply defined codes to each interpreted s

SUBMITTER: Parente VM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11521152 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature