Impact of limited English proficiency on presentation and outcomes of patients undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention for ST-elevation myocardial infarction

© 2018 Royal Australasian College of Physicians. Doctor–patient language discordance has been shown to lead to worse clinical outcomes. In this study of patients undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention for ST-elevation myocardial infarction at an Australian health service, we demonstra...

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Main Authors: Biswas, S., Seman, M., Cox, N., Neil, C., Brennan, A., Dinh, D., Walton, A., Chan, W., Lefkovits, J., Reid, Christopher, Stub, D.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Blackwell Publishing 2018
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/68857
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author Biswas, S.
Seman, M.
Cox, N.
Neil, C.
Brennan, A.
Dinh, D.
Walton, A.
Chan, W.
Lefkovits, J.
Reid, Christopher
Stub, D.
author_facet Biswas, S.
Seman, M.
Cox, N.
Neil, C.
Brennan, A.
Dinh, D.
Walton, A.
Chan, W.
Lefkovits, J.
Reid, Christopher
Stub, D.
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description © 2018 Royal Australasian College of Physicians. Doctor–patient language discordance has been shown to lead to worse clinical outcomes. In this study of patients undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention for ST-elevation myocardial infarction at an Australian health service, we demonstrated that limited English proficiency (LEP) is an independent predictor of prolonged symptom-to-door time, but does not lead to worse 30-day mortality compared with English-proficient patients. More effort needs to be placed in providing public health education in varied languages to encourage early presentation to hospital for patients with LEP.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-688572023-10-04T06:35:07Z Impact of limited English proficiency on presentation and outcomes of patients undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention for ST-elevation myocardial infarction Biswas, S. Seman, M. Cox, N. Neil, C. Brennan, A. Dinh, D. Walton, A. Chan, W. Lefkovits, J. Reid, Christopher Stub, D. © 2018 Royal Australasian College of Physicians. Doctor–patient language discordance has been shown to lead to worse clinical outcomes. In this study of patients undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention for ST-elevation myocardial infarction at an Australian health service, we demonstrated that limited English proficiency (LEP) is an independent predictor of prolonged symptom-to-door time, but does not lead to worse 30-day mortality compared with English-proficient patients. More effort needs to be placed in providing public health education in varied languages to encourage early presentation to hospital for patients with LEP. 2018 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/68857 10.1111/imj.13751 Blackwell Publishing restricted
spellingShingle Biswas, S.
Seman, M.
Cox, N.
Neil, C.
Brennan, A.
Dinh, D.
Walton, A.
Chan, W.
Lefkovits, J.
Reid, Christopher
Stub, D.
Impact of limited English proficiency on presentation and outcomes of patients undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention for ST-elevation myocardial infarction
title Impact of limited English proficiency on presentation and outcomes of patients undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention for ST-elevation myocardial infarction
title_full Impact of limited English proficiency on presentation and outcomes of patients undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention for ST-elevation myocardial infarction
title_fullStr Impact of limited English proficiency on presentation and outcomes of patients undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention for ST-elevation myocardial infarction
title_full_unstemmed Impact of limited English proficiency on presentation and outcomes of patients undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention for ST-elevation myocardial infarction
title_short Impact of limited English proficiency on presentation and outcomes of patients undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention for ST-elevation myocardial infarction
title_sort impact of limited english proficiency on presentation and outcomes of patients undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention for st-elevation myocardial infarction
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/68857