Evaluation of primary/preferred language data collection

A literature review was conducted to identify peer-reviewed articles related to primary/preferred language and interpreter-use data collection practices in hospitals, clinics, and outpatient settings to assess its completeness and quality. In January 2011, Embase (Ovid), MEDLINE (Ovid), PubMed, and...

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Published in:Journal of registry management 2012-01, Vol.39 (3), p.121-132
Main Authors: Duong, Linh M, Singh, Simple D, Buchanan, Natasha, Phillips, Joan L, Gerlach, Ken
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Data Collection - methods
Data Collection - standards
Electronic Health Records - statistics & numerical data
Humans
Language
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Summary:A literature review was conducted to identify peer-reviewed articles related to primary/preferred language and interpreter-use data collection practices in hospitals, clinics, and outpatient settings to assess its completeness and quality. In January 2011, Embase (Ovid), MEDLINE (Ovid), PubMed, and Web of Science databases were searched for eligible studies. Primary and secondary inclusion criteria were applied to selected eligible articles. This extensive literature search yielded 768 articles after duplicates were removed. After primary and secondary inclusion criteria were applied, 28 eligible articles remained for data abstraction. All 28 articles in this review reported collecting primary/preferred language data, but only 18% (5/28) collected information on interpreter use. This review revealed that there remains variability in the way that primary/preferred language and interpreter use data are collected; all studies used various methodologies for evaluating and abstracting these data. Likewise, the sources from which the data were abstracted differed.
ISSN:1945-6123
1945-6131