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Studies indicate that surgical patients with limited English proficiency (LEP) experience longer hospital stays and higher emergency department (ED) recidivism. Burn care requires complex coordination for both inpatient and outpatient services, regardless of language preference. This study hypothesized that burn patien…

BACKGROUND: Individuals in the United States with limited English proficiency (LEP) experience a disproportionate disease burden. Patient portals provide patient education, outreach, and linkage to preventive health services. While patient portals have been found to be effective in facilitating the use of preventive se…

OBJECTIVES: Patients with limited English proficiency (LEP) have been shown to experience disparities in emergency department (ED) care. The objectives of this study were to examine the associations between LEP and irregular ED departures and return ED visits. METHODS: We conducted a multicenter cross-sectional analys…

BACKGROUND: People with limited English proficiency (LEP) face greater barriers to accessing medical care than those who are English proficient (EP). Language-related differences in the use of outpatient care across the full spectrum of physician specialties have not been studied. OBJECTIVE: To compare outpatient visi…

BACKGROUND: The majority of a child's language development occurs in the first 5 years of life when brain development is most rapid. There are significant long-term benefits to supporting all children's language and literacy development such as maximizing their developmental potential (i.e., cognitive, linguistic,…

PURPOSE: This study assessed the acceptability of a multilingual, digital cancer genetics risk assessment (CGRA) tool among patients with limited English proficiency at linguistically diverse, urban gynecology clinics. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Patients presenting for gynecology appointments who spoke English, Spanish, o…

BACKGROUND: Despite legislative action, pre-existing barriers continue to prevent patients from using patient portals. Patients, especially older people, people of color, and people with limited English proficiency continue to experience difficulty in adopting patient portals. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to a…

OBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence of unmet social needs (USN) in a pediatric emergency department (PED) patient population and examine disparities in USN by self-selected language and patient demographics. METHODS: We surveyed a convenience sample of English- and Spanish-speaking caregivers of patients <18-years-…

BACKGROUND: English bulldogs are known to be prone to skeletal problems, but knowledge is lacking of the effect of these problems on locomotion and function. This study was undertaken to report the conformational, orthopaedic and radiographic findings in a cohort of English bulldogs in Finland and to evaluate how these…

Recent evidence suggests that low vitamin D concentrations are associated with increased levels of inflammatory markers. However, there are limited studies investigating associations between vitamin D levels and inflammatory markers in the general population and much of this evidence in older adults is inconclusive. Th…

Understanding gender influences on health-related quality of life (HRQoL) is important to improve women's health when considering diseases that afflict women specifically. The target population of this study was uninsured female free clinic patients who are low socio-economic status and lack access to healthcare resour…

OBJECTIVE: To translate and culturally adapt the UK English Audit of Diabetes-Dependent Quality of Life (ADDQOL) into Chinese for Singapore. METHODS: Translation was integrated into investigation of conceptual, item, semantic, and operation equivalence. Conceptual equivalence, item equivalence, and operation equivalen…

OBJECTIVE: To develop a rheumatoid arthritis-specific health-related quality of life instrument, translate the English instrument into Spanish, and test the scaling assumptions, reliability, validity, and feasibility of both the English and Spanish versions. METHODS: The development of the Quality of Life-Rheumatoid A…

Somatolactin (SL), a recently identified teleost pituitary hormone which is a member of the growth hormone/prolactin family, was isolated from pituitary tissue of Atlantic halibut (Hippoglossus hippoglossus). Pituitary proteins were extracted in ammonium bicarbonate (pH 7.8), fractionated using gel filtration chromatog…

BACKGROUND: Asthma disproportionately affects minority and low-income children. We examined asthma prevalence, management and outcomes, focusing on race/ethnicity and acculturation of parents (particularly English language proficiency). METHODS: This cross-sectional, correlational analysis used a de-identified populat…