Quality of Life Is Poorer for Patients With Stroke Who Require an Interpreter
Author(s) -
Monique F. Kilkenny,
Natasha A. Lannin,
Craig S. Anderson,
Helen M. Dewey,
Joosup Kim,
K. Barclay,
Christopher Levi,
Steven Faux,
Kelvin Hill,
Brenda Grabsch,
Sandy Middleton,
Amanda G. Thrift,
Rohan Grimley,
Geoffrey A. Donnan,
Dominique A. Cadilhac
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
stroke
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.397
H-Index - 319
eISSN - 1524-4628
pISSN - 0039-2499
DOI - 10.1161/strokeaha.117.019771
Subject(s) - medicine , stroke (engine) , interpreter , quality of life (healthcare) , quality (philosophy) , intensive care medicine , physical medicine and rehabilitation , physical therapy , nursing , mechanical engineering , computer science , engineering , programming language , philosophy , epistemology
In multicultural Australia, some patients with stroke cannot fully understand, or speak, English. Language barriers may reduce quality of care and consequent outcomes after stroke, yet little has been reported empirically.
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