Association Between Parent Comfort With English and Adverse Events Among Hospitalized Children.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Children of parents expressing limited comfort with English (LCE) or limited English proficiency may be at increased risk of adverse events (harms due to medical care). No prior studies have examined, in a multicenter fashion, the association between language comfort or language proficiency and systematically, actively collected adverse events that include family safety reporting.

Objective

To examine the association between parent LCE and adverse events in a cohort of hospitalized children.

Design, setting, and participants

This multicenter prospective cohort study was conducted from December 2014 to January 2017, concurrent with data collection from the Patient and Family Centered I-PASS Study, a clinician-family communication and patient safety intervent

SUBMITTER: Khan A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7573792 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature