'Al pie de la letra': crafting a report card for elderly Spanish-only-speaking patients with stroke.

ABSTRACT:

Background and purpose

Ethnic minorities are at higher stroke risk than non-Hispanic whites yet are less likely to have optimal vascular risk factor control. There is a need to develop culturally sensitive strategies for enhancing vascular risk reduction in minority patients with stroke. This study aimed to develop a postdischarge report card to boost treatment adherence among elderly Spanish-speaking patients with stroke within an urban health system.

Methods

This study included a total of 13 Spanish-only speaking participants aged > or = 60 years discharged from a local government hospital in Los Angeles within 18 months of an index ischemic stroke and 6 caregivers engaged in focus groups and interviews. Structured interviews were conducted with 11 care providers and 9 adm

SUBMITTER: Ovbiagele B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4160819 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature