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Patient-centredness in primary care walk-in clinics for refugees in Hamburg.
- Source :
- BMC Primary Care; 5/6/2023, Vol. 24 Issue 1, p1-10, 10p
- Publication Year :
- 2023
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Abstract
- Background: The huge increase of refugees to Germany caused a great challenge to the health system. We aimed to examine the level of patient-centredness in medical consultations with refugee patients, aided by video interpreters in primary care walk-in clinics (PCWC) in Hamburg. Methods: Videotaped consultations (N = 92) of 83 patients from 2017 to 2018 were analysed. Two raters used the Measure of Patient-Centered Communication (MPCC) and the International Classification of primary care (ICPC-2). MPCC scores with regard to patients' reason for seeking medical care and the procedures taken were explored using variance analyses adjusted for age, gender, and the duration of the consultation. The duration was further explored by Pearson correlations. Results: Patient-centredness of all consultations on average was 64% (95% CI 60–67) according to MPCC, with health-related issues affecting the results. The highest level of patient-centredness was achieved in psychological health issues with 79% (65–94), the lowest in respiratory ones with 55% (49–61). Longer consultations resulted in higher MPCC scores. Conclusions: The level of patient-centredness varied in the addressed health issues as well as in the duration of the consultation. Despite the variation, video interpreting in consultations supports a solid patient-centredness. Practice implications: We recommend the use of remote video interpreting services for outpatient healthcare to support patient-centred communication and to fill the gap of underrepresentation of qualified interpreters on site, regarding a high diversity of spoken languages. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- MEDICAL consultation
ANALYSIS of variance
EMPATHY
NOMADS
CONFIDENCE intervals
AGE distribution
PATIENT-centered care
PATIENT satisfaction
PRIMARY health care
SEX distribution
PEARSON correlation (Statistics)
REFUGEES
COMMUNICATION
QUESTIONNAIRES
DECISION making
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
INTRACLASS correlation
RESEARCH funding
DATA analysis software
VIDEO recording
TELEMEDICINE
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 27314553
- Volume :
- 24
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- BMC Primary Care
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 163556767
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12875-023-02060-2