Table 3 Language strategy preferences by department
Language strategy preferred | Anesthesiology/ Pharmacology/ Intensive Care | Surgery | Child and Adolescent Health | Gynecology and Obstetrics | Community Medicine and Primary Care | Genetic Medicine and Laboratory | Internal Medicine | Clinical Neurosciences | Psychiatry | Rehabilitation and Geriatrics | χ2 | p < | V |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
GRC interpreters | 15 (16.67%) | 16 (17%) | 68 (50%) | 14 (45%) | 43 (60%) | 4 (20%) | 38 (28%) | 10 (17%) | 93 (56%) | 23 (23%) | 112.621 | 0.000 | 0.352 |
Patient's family/friends | 28 (31%) | 37 (39%) | 18 (13%) | 6 (19%) | 13 (18%) | 6 (30%) | 43 (32%) | 25 (42%) | 21 (13%) | 34 (33%) | 53.518 | 0.000 | 0.243 |
Bilingual hospital staff | 48 (53%) | 44 (46%) | 54 (39%) | 11 (35%) | 18 (25%) | 10 (50%) | 59 (43%) | 28 (47%) | 62 (37%) | 52 (51%) | 20.862 | 0.013 | 0.152 |