Measuring recall of medical information in non-English-speaking people with cancer: A methodology.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Many patients who require an interpreter have difficulty remembering information from their medical consultations. Memory aids such as consultation audio-recordings may be of benefit to these patients. However, there is no established means of measuring patients' memory of medical information.

Objectives

This study aimed to develop a method for eliciting and coding recall of medical information in non-English-speaking patients.

Design

This method, called Patient-Interpreter-Clinician coding (PICcode), was developed in the context of a phase II trial conducted in two outpatient oncology clinics in Melbourne, Australia, and was refined iteratively through consultation with an expert panel and piloting. Between-coder differences in early versions of the coding

SUBMITTER: Lipson-Smith R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5750741 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature