Satisfaction With Communication in Primary Care for Spanish-Speaking and English-Speaking Parents.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objective

Effective communication with primary care physicians is important yet incompletely understood for Spanish-speaking parents. We predicted lower satisfaction among Spanish-speaking compared to English-speaking Latino and non-Latino parents.

Methods

Cross-sectional analysis at 2-month well visits within the Greenlight study at 4 pediatric resident clinics. Parents reported satisfaction with 14 physician communication items using the validated Communication Assessment Tool (CAT). High satisfaction was defined as "excellent" on each CAT item. Mean estimations compared satisfaction for communication items among Spanish- and English-speaking Latinos and non-Latinos. We used generalized linear regression modeling, adjusted for parent age, education, income,

SUBMITTER: Flower KB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5524514 | biostudies-literature | 2017 May - Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature