Making hospital care better for foreign patients
This trial tests a program to improve care for patients who speak a different language. It asks nurses and caregivers about their experience to see if the program helps everyone communicate better.
Summary written for real people, not researchers, by Clin2.
Who can take part
- You are a nurse or caregiver who has helped take care of a patient from another country.
- You are a patient staying in the hospital who speaks a different language from the main language there.
- You do not have severe memory or thinking problems that would make it hard to take part.
- If you are a nurse or caregiver, you work directly with patients who are from other countries.
- You were part of a program that pairs patients and caregivers who speak the same language.
Quick eligibility check
Answer a few plain-language questions, based on this study's own requirements, to get a preliminary sense of fit.
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