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Table 1 Language most currently spoken by patients with Turkish migration background

From: How do hospitalised patients with Turkish migration background estimate their language skills and their comprehension of medical information – a prospective cross-sectional study and comparison to native patients in Germany to assess the language barrier and the need for translation

 

All

Born G

Born T

At home

n = 121

n = 35

n = 86

German: n (%)

10 (8.26)

6 (17.17)

4 (4.65)

Turkish: n (%)

90 (74.38)

19 (54.29)

71 (82.56)

German and Turkish: n (%)

18 (14.88)

10 (28.57)

8 (9.30)

Kurdish: n (%)

3 (2.48)

0 (0)

3 (3.49)

During leisure activities

n =121

n = 35

n = 86

German: n (%)

23 (19.01)

17 (48.57)

6 (6.98)

Turkish: n (%)

82 (67.04)

12 (34.29)

70 (81.40)

German and Turkish: n (%)

14 (11.57)

6 (17.14)

8 (9.3)

Kurdish: n (%)

2 (1.65)

0 (0)

2 (2.33)

At work*

n =96

n = 35

n = 61

German: n (%)

73 (76.04)

30 (85.71)

43 (70.49)

Turkish: n (%)

17 (17.71)

2 (5.71)

15 (24.59)

German and Turkish: n (%)

6 (6.25)

3 (8.57)

3 (4.92)

Kurdish: n (%)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

  1. Results depicted as n (%). born T, Patients born in Turkey; born G, Patients born in Germany, n, Number * = not all of the T interviewed are working.