Patient-centredness in primary care walk-in clinics for refugees in Hamburg

The huge increase of refugees to Germany caused a great challenge to the health system. We aimed to examine the level of patient-centredness in medical consultations with refugee patients, aided by video interpreters in primary care walk-in clinics (PCWC) in Hamburg. Videotaped consultations (N = 92...

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Veröffentlicht in:BMC family practice 2023-05, Vol.24 (1), p.112-112, Article 112
Hauptverfasser: Hill, Josephine Nana, Krüger, Katarina, Boczor, Sigrid, Kloppe, Thomas, von dem Knesebeck, Olaf, Scherer, Martin
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Zusammenfassung:The huge increase of refugees to Germany caused a great challenge to the health system. We aimed to examine the level of patient-centredness in medical consultations with refugee patients, aided by video interpreters in primary care walk-in clinics (PCWC) in Hamburg. Videotaped consultations (N = 92) of 83 patients from 2017 to 2018 were analysed. Two raters used the Measure of Patient-Centered Communication (MPCC) and the International Classification of primary care (ICPC-2). MPCC scores with regard to patients' reason for seeking medical care and the procedures taken were explored using variance analyses adjusted for age, gender, and the duration of the consultation. The duration was further explored by Pearson correlations. Patient-centredness of all consultations on average was 64% (95% CI 60-67) according to MPCC, with health-related issues affecting the results. The highest level of patient-centredness was achieved in psychological health issues with 79% (65-94), the lowest in respiratory ones with 55% (49-61). Longer consultations resulted in higher MPCC scores. The level of patient-centredness varied in the addressed health issues as well as in the duration of the consultation. Despite the variation, video interpreting in consultations supports a solid patient-centredness. We recommend the use of remote video interpreting services for outpatient healthcare to support patient-centred communication and to fill the gap of underrepresentation of qualified interpreters on site, regarding a high diversity of spoken languages.
ISSN:2731-4553
2731-4553
1471-2296
DOI:10.1186/s12875-023-02060-2