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BACKGROUND: Hypertension is a highly prevalent condition, with optimal treatment to BP targets conferring significant gains in terms of cardiovascular outcomes. Understanding why some patients do not achieve BP targets would be enhanced through greater understanding of their health-related quality of life (HRQoL). Howe…

BACKGROUND: While health literacy is important for people to maintain good health and manage diseases, medical educational texts are often written beyond the reading level of the average individual. To mitigate this disconnect, text simplification research provides methods to increase readability and, therefore, compre…

BACKGROUND: Differences in health behaviors may be important contributors to racial/ethnic disparities in the health status of adults. Studies to date have not compared whether there are health behavior differences in exercise and dietary behaviors among middle-age and older adults in the four largest racial/ethnic cat…

PURPOSE: To assess the quality of ratings of interviewing skills and oral English proficiency provided on a clinical skills OSCE by physician examiners, standardized patients (SPs), and communication skills experts. METHOD: In 1998, 73 candidates to the Ontario International Medical Graduate (OIMG) Program completed a…

CONTEXT: Virtual visits have increased in outpatient, clinic-based palliative care (OPC). The association between virtual visits and OPC outcomes is largely unknown. OBJECTIVES: (1) Examine the association between visit type (virtual vs. in-person) and screening (yes/no) for psychosocial, spiritual, and goals of care…

OBJECTIVES: To translate and validate the Zurich Chronic Middle Ear Inventory (ZCMEI-21) for the English language in order to provide an English instrument to assess health-related quality of life in chronic otitis media (COM). DESIGN: Pilot translation study including cognitive debriefings, prospective multicentre cr…

BACKGROUND: Several disease specific instruments have been developed to identify and assess diabetes distress. In Malaysia, the Problem Areas in Diabetes Scale has been validated in Malay, but it does not have specific domains to assess the different areas of diabetes-related distress. Hence, we decided to use the Diab…

BackgroundSport Nutrition is a fast-growing academic subject. Language and/or insufficient training will be barriers to evidence-based practice (EBP) for non-English native practitioners.AimWe investigated the EBP implementation in Japanese Accredited Sports Dietitians (ASDs).MethodsJapanese ASDs (= 77) were recruited…

BACKGROUND: Limited data exist on intervertebral disk disease (IVDD) prevalence and risk factors in English cocker spaniels. HYPOTHESIS/OBJECTIVES: IVDD risk factors and prevalence vary between breeds and within sub-populations. ANIMALS: Two thousand six hundred fifty-four English cocker spaniels. METHODS: An online…

Emotional intelligence (EI) has been widely studied in the context of English as a second/foreign language (ESL/EFL) learning when the focus shifts from unidimensional cognitive aspects to multiple aspects, including the role of affective factors in language learning. This systematic review synthesizes 121 research art…

OBJECTIVE: Data exploring family-centered rounds (FCR) participation for caregivers who prefer a language other than English (LOE) are limited. We sought to characterize baseline rates of LOE-preferring caregiver FCR participation and reasons for not participating as part of the current-state analysis for a QI initiati…

PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to assess whether using the International Speech Test Signal (ISTS) as a nonmeaningful target signal changes listener outcomes on the Tracking of Noise Tolerance (TNT) test and their relationship to hearing loss and neuroelectrophysiological indices of central inhibition. METHOD:…

OBJECTIVE: This study investigates ChatGPT's accuracy, readability, understandability, and actionability in responding to patient queries on sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SSNHL) in English and Spanish, when compared to Google responses. The objective is to address concerns regarding its proficiency in addressing m…

The role of the extended amygdala and amygdala in mediating emotion and inhibitory control in native language versus second language processing is currently not well understood. The current study examined activity in the extended amygdala and amygdala when twelve healthy young adults were exposed to emotional-linguisti…

INTRODUCTION: Disparities exist in access to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)-related health information. We aimed to close a gap in online traffic between English and Spanish COVID-19-related health information on our institution's publicly-facing website by 50% within ten months. METHODS: We used A3 improvement m…

BACKGROUND: Treatment for head and neck cancer (HNC) can lead to profound changes in swallowing function and nutrition. UK HNC standards recommend informational counselling is provided pre-treatment by the dietitian and speech and language therapist (SLT). Non-english speaking patients treated in English speaking count…

BACKGROUND: The COVID-19 pandemic propelled immunology into global news and social media, resulting in the potential for misinterpreting and misusing complex scientific concepts. OBJECTIVE: To study the extent to which immunology is discussed in news articles and YouTube videos in English and Italian, and if related s…

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effectiveness of the "60/60 Guideline" in a diverse patient population. STUDY DESIGN: Retrospective review. SETTING: Tertiary referral center. PATIENTS: Data were collected for adult patients (18 years and older) who underwent a cochlear implant evaluation (CIE) between January 2016 and Ma…

ChatGPT, an artificial intelligence (AI) system powered by large-scale language models, has garnered significant interest in healthcare. Its performance dependent on the quality and quantity of training data available for a specific language, with the majority of it being in English. Therefore, its effectiveness in pro…

OBJECTIVES: We developed and evaluated new media-related health information acquisition measures for U.S.-based Latino populations. METHODS: In 2021, a sample of U.S.-based Latino adults (N = 1574) self-completed a 20-min survey of health information acquisition measures across three language/cultural dimens…