Patient-doctor common tongue key to reducing cardiovascular disease and a longer lifespan

A positive patient-doctor relationship is an ingredient for a healthy life, and new research has been set at zero on the impact common language in the relationship by reducing cardiovascular disorders for a longer lifespan.

A retrospective cohort research from researchers from the University of Ottawa and the University of Manitoba has shown that Canadians with hypertension whose preferred language is not English or 36% less likely to have a major Cardiovascular event defined as a heart attack, heart attack, Heart failure, heart failure, or stroke when they received care from a doctor who spoke their language. Patients who received care from a doctor who spoke to their language were 28% less likely to die compared to patients who received care from a doctor who did not speak their language.

The work is published in the diary Jama Network Open.

Michael Reaume, a resident of the Nephrology department of the Faculty of Medicine, led the study with 124,583 respondents who spoke almost 100 different languages.

“If there was a new medicine that the risk of an important unfavorable cardiovascular event by 36% or mortality reduced by all causes by 28%, this medicine would be immediately offered to our patients. We have to start thinking about language barriers in our health care Systems In a similar way, “says Reaume.

“This starts with collecting the preferred language for all patients systematically. This information is crucial because it enables us to match patients with care providers who have skill in their preferred language, while also identifying patients who would benefit from professional interpretation services. “

Proposed recommendations

• Optimizing the delivery of language -conflicting care can lead to a significant decrease in cardiovascular results and improved population care.
• In favor of fair access to medical education for language communities of minorities to ensure that the language diversity of care providers corresponds to patients in their community.
• The language (s) spoken by patients and care providers must be collected, so that healthcare systems can implement strategies to match patients with care providers who have skill in their preferred language.