Linguistic Validation of Interactive Educational Interventions in Neurologic Trauma.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Neurological surgeons oftentimes educate patients and their families on complex medical conditions and treatment options. Time constraints and varied linguistic and cultural backgrounds limit the amount of information that can be disbursed. In this study, we assessed the linguistic validity of interactive educational interventions in non-English-speaking patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI) and concussion and their families.

Methods

A total of 273 English-, Spanish-, Korean-, and Vietnamese-speaking neurotrauma patients (n =124) and family members (n =149) completed a presurvey to evaluate their incipient understanding, interacted with an iPad-based iBook (Apple) on concussion or TBI in their native language, completed a postsurvey to gauge changes in unders

SUBMITTER: Sahyouni R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5654681 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature