Autor: |
Dangui Zhang, Zichun Jiang, Yu Xie, Weiming Wu, Yixuan Zhao, Anqi Huang, Tumei Li, William Ba-Thein |
Jazyk: |
angličtina |
Rok vydání: |
2022 |
Předmět: |
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Zdroj: |
BMC Health Services Research, Vol 22, Iss 1, Pp 1-10 (2022) |
Druh dokumentu: |
article |
ISSN: |
1472-6963 |
DOI: |
10.1186/s12913-022-07744-6 |
Popis: |
Abstract Background China has 129 dialects with Mandarin as the standard and Chaoshan as the major dialect of the Chaoshan region in Guangdong. This study aimed to describe the dialect competence and usage, communication difficulty, impact of linguistic barriers, and subjective experience in healthcare. Methods Healthcare providers (n = 234) and healthcare consumers (n = 483) at two tertiary teaching hospitals in Shantou, Chaoshan region participated in an anonymous survey. Results Chaoshan and Mandarin were spoken respectively by ca. 80% and 6.1% of the participants. Monolinguals accounted for 28.5%, including 16.8% of Chaoshan-speaking healthcare providers and 18% of Mandarin-speaking healthcare consumers. The monolinguals preferentially used their competent dialect (Ps |
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