Kimberly C Arthur1, Rita Mangione-Smith2, Hendrika Meischke3, Chuan Zhou4, Bonnie Strelitz5, Maria Acosta Garcia5, Julie C Brown4. 1. Seattle Children's Hospital and Seattle Children's Research Institute, Seattle, Wash. Electronic address: kimberly.arthur@seattlechildrens.org. 2. Seattle Children's Hospital and Seattle Children's Research Institute, Seattle, Wash; Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Wash; Department of Health Services, University of Washington School of Public Health, Seattle, Wash. 3. Department of Health Services, University of Washington School of Public Health, Seattle, Wash. 4. Seattle Children's Hospital and Seattle Children's Research Institute, Seattle, Wash; Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Wash. 5. Seattle Children's Hospital and Seattle Children's Research Institute, Seattle, Wash.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To compare emergency department care experiences of Spanish-speaking, limited-English-proficient (SSLEP) and English-proficient (EP) parents and to assess how SSLEP care experiences vary by parent-perceived interpretation accuracy. METHODS: The National Research Corporation Picker Institute's Family Experience Survey (FES) was administered from November 26, 2010, to July 17, 2011, to 478 EP and 152 SSLEP parents. Problem scores for 3 FES dimensions were calculated: information/education, partnership with clinicians, and access/coordination of care. Adjusted associations between language proficiency (SSLEP vs EP) and dimension problem scores were examined by multivariate Poisson regression. Unadjusted Poisson regression analysis was used to examine the association between perceived interpretation accuracy and FES problem scores for SSLEP parents who received interpretation. RESULTS: SSLEP parents had a higher risk of reporting problems with access/coordination of care compared to EP parents (risk ratio 1.6, 95% confidence interval 1.2, 2.1). There were no differences in reported care experiences related to information/education or partnership with clinicians. Among SSLEP parents who received professional interpretation, those reporting poor accuracy had a higher risk of also reporting problems with information/education (risk ratio 2.1, 95% confidence interval 1.2, 3.6). CONCLUSIONS: In a pediatric emergency department with around-the-clock access to professional interpretation, SSLEP parents report poorer experiences than EP parents with access/coordination of care, including perceived wait times. Their experiences with provision of information/education and partnership with clinicians approximate those of EP parents. However, SSLEP parents who perceive poor interpretation accuracy report more problems understanding information provided about their child's illness and care.
OBJECTIVE: To compare emergency department care experiences of Spanish-speaking, limited-English-proficient (SSLEP) and English-proficient (EP) parents and to assess how SSLEP care experiences vary by parent-perceived interpretation accuracy. METHODS: The National Research Corporation Picker Institute's Family Experience Survey (FES) was administered from November 26, 2010, to July 17, 2011, to 478 EP and 152 SSLEP parents. Problem scores for 3 FES dimensions were calculated: information/education, partnership with clinicians, and access/coordination of care. Adjusted associations between language proficiency (SSLEP vs EP) and dimension problem scores were examined by multivariate Poisson regression. Unadjusted Poisson regression analysis was used to examine the association between perceived interpretation accuracy and FES problem scores for SSLEP parents who received interpretation. RESULTS: SSLEP parents had a higher risk of reporting problems with access/coordination of care compared to EP parents (risk ratio 1.6, 95% confidence interval 1.2, 2.1). There were no differences in reported care experiences related to information/education or partnership with clinicians. Among SSLEP parents who received professional interpretation, those reporting poor accuracy had a higher risk of also reporting problems with information/education (risk ratio 2.1, 95% confidence interval 1.2, 3.6). CONCLUSIONS: In a pediatric emergency department with around-the-clock access to professional interpretation, SSLEP parents report poorer experiences than EP parents with access/coordination of care, including perceived wait times. Their experiences with provision of information/education and partnership with clinicians approximate those of EP parents. However, SSLEP parents who perceive poor interpretation accuracy report more problems understanding information provided about their child's illness and care.
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