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

Table 7 Subgroup - analysis by country of birth of patients with Turkish migration background concerning demographics and school education

Features	T born T	T born G	Significance
	(n = 86)	(n = 35)
Mean age y ± SD	51.98 ± 16.13	27.66 ± 5.63	p < 0.0001
Males n (%)	34 (39.53)	11 (31.43)	p =0.534
^a School education	(n = 74)	(n = 35)
High school or college n(%)	13 (17.57)	17 (48.57)	p = 0.001

T = patients with Turkish migration background. born T = born in Turkey. born G: born in Germany. y = year. SD = standard deviation. n = number. n(%) relates to the group with the same birthplace. ^a = not all patients responded to this question (T born T n = 74); results are depicted as n(%).

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