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Register-based study concerning the problematic situation of using interpreting service in a region in Sweden
Linnaeus University, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Department of Health and Caring Sciences.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-2008-0744
Uppsala University, Sweden.
2019 (English)In: BMC Health Services Research, E-ISSN 1472-6963, Vol. 19, no 1, p. 1-8, article id 727Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Background Due to increasing international migration, Sweden has become a multicultural and multilingual society, with about 19% of the population born abroad, which imposes high demands on the healthcare sector and interpreting services. The aim was to investigate problems in the use of interpreters as recorded by healthcare staff and the interpreter service in a region in Sweden. Methods Cross-sectional register-based study. The study focused on a geographically well-defined region in Sweden including (a) specialized care at three hospitals; (b) local healthcare, including out-patient clinics at hospital and emergency healthcare and primary healthcare; and (c) dental care. The study was based on 726 existing incident reports on the interpreting service and information from the interpreter agency from 2012 and the first quarter of 2016 during a period of a massive influx of refugees. Results The highest number of adverse advents was reported in local healthcare and mainly concerned the absence of an interpreter at the appointed time. Non-authorized in-person interpreters performed most interpretation assignments and Arabic was the most requested language. Conclusions This study highlights the significance of good cooperation between healthcare and the interpreter service in order to guarantee safe and high-quality healthcare for patients in need of interpreters to be able to communicate in healthcare.

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BioMed Central, 2019. Vol. 19, no 1, p. 1-8, article id 727
Keywords [en]
Incident reporting, Interpreting service, Registers
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Nursing
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Health and Caring Sciences
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URN: urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-89968DOI: 10.1186/s12913-019-4619-7ISI: 000492002900001PubMedID: 31640714Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85073717909OAI: oai:DiVA.org:lnu-89968DiVA, id: diva2:1368827
Available from: 2019-11-08 Created: 2019-11-08 Last updated: 2022-09-15Bibliographically approved

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