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OBJECTIVE: To translate and validate the HLS-Child-Q15, a relatively short questionnaire for assessing health literacy in children originally validated in German, into English to make it accessible to a large population of English-speaking children. DESIGN: We translated the HLS-Child-Q15 into English following establ…

STUDY AIMS: We created an instrument to assess the supervisors' perspective on their feedback behaviour to residents and investigated its validity. Our instrument is based on the SETQsmart, a Dutch instrument for assessing the quality of supervision in clinical training and the SwissSETQ, its German adaptation for resi…

The rapid evolution of generative artificial intelligence (genAI) has ushered in a new era of digital medical consultations, with patients turning to AI-driven tools for guidance. The emergence of Chinese-developed genAI models such as DeepSeek-R1 and Qwen-2.5 presented a challenge to the dominance of OpenAI's ChatGPT.…

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: The Falls Efficacy Scale-International (FES-I) is widely used in clinical practice, but it is unclear how each item can discriminate different levels of fall concern. This study applied item response theory (IRT) to evaluate the psychometric properties of each item in the original English versio…

BACKGROUND: Although large language models like ChatGPT-4 have demonstrated competency in English, their performance for minority groups speaking underrepresented languages, as well as their ability to adapt to specific sociocultural nuances and regional cuisines, such as those in Central Asia (for example, Kazakhstan)…

PURPOSE: The Digits-in-Noise (DIN) test is used widely in research and, increasingly, in remote hearing screening. The reported study aimed to provide basic evaluation data for browser-based DIN software, which allows remote testing without installation of an app. It investigated the effects of test language (Arabic vs…

OBJECTIVE: To assess fertility treatment outcomes according to primary language spoken in patients undergoing fertility treatment in an Australian setting. METHODS: This retrospective cohort study examined female patients who received fertility treatment through a public hospital fertility service between September 20…

PURPOSE: An estimated 30% and 40% of patients with breast cancer experience depression and anxiety, respectively. However, distress experienced by patients with breast cancer receiving radiation therapy may vary among patients and vary at different time points. This study sought to describe the changes in levels of dep…

PURPOSE/INTRODUCTION: Narrative language skills are critical for effective social interactions and academic success. Consequently, narratives are regularly an aspect of assessment and intervention for children with communication impairments, supporting the need for information about typical development from children ac…

CONTEXT: Influenza-related hospitalization and mortality disproportionately affects the Hispanic population in the United States. Among other medical conditions in addition to influenza, Spanish-preferring Hispanics may be more affected than those who speak English. OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this study was to co…

PURPOSE: The aim of this study was to characterize speech acoustics in bilingual preschoolers who speak Jamaican Creole (JC) and English. We compared a standard approach with a culturally responsive approach for characterizing speech sound productions. Preschoolers' speech productions were compared to adult models from…

INTRODUCTION: English is the dominant international language for academic publication, thus mastering English writing is required for a successful career in research. Our objective was to identify facilitators and barriers to English language scientific writing among pharmacy students in Umm Al-Qura University in Saudi…

Clinicians and researchers need tools for accurate early assessment of children's acute stress reactions and acute stress disorder (ASD). There is a particular need for independently validated Spanish-language measures. The current study reports on 2 measures of child acute stress (a self-report checklist and a semistr…

Cognitive reserve is invoked to explain the protective effects of education and cognitively-stimulating activities against all-cause dementia and Alzheimer's disease (AD). For non-native English speakers (n-NES), speaking English may be a cognitive activity associated with lower dementia risk. We hypothesized that n-NE…

BACKGROUND: Internet-based developmental screening is being implemented in pediatric practices across the United States. Little is known about the application of this technology in poor urban populations. OBJECTIVE: We describe here the results of focus groups, surveys, and in-depth interviews during home visits with…

BACKGROUND: Latinos experience substantial barriers to primary care. Limited English language proficiency may be a mechanism for these deficiencies, even for Latinos with health coverage. OBJECTIVE: To determine the relationship between English language proficiency and the experience of primary care reported by insure…

OBJECTIVE: There is evidence that non-English speakers in the United States receive lower quality health care and preventive services than English speakers. We tested the hypothesis that Spanish-speaking women would respond differently to an intervention to increase up-to-date status for cancer screening. STUDY DESIGN…