American Academy of Pediatrics

TABLE 2

Medical Communication Events Characteristics, by Study Arm

	Telephone	Video	P
At patient level	n = 28	n = 22
No. of video-recorded medical communications per patient, mean (SD)	6.4 (3.8)	6.0 (7.8)	.80^a
Total communication time per patient, min, mean (SD)	44.9 (37.8)	34.7 (47.8)	.42^a
Professional interpretation use captured at least once on video, n (%)	24 (86)	21 (95)	.25^b
At communication event level	n = 180	n = 132
Duration of communication events, min, mean (SD)
Provider-led communication	7.5 (7.3) (n = 110)	5.5 (5.3) (n = 68)	.05^a
Nurse-led communication	6.2 (5.2) (n = 66)	6.2 (8.6) (n = 62)	.97^a
Interpretation start-up time, min, mean (SD)	2.1 (0.9) (n = 55)	1.0 (0.8) (n = 38)	<.001^a
Individually evaluated communication event part of longer communication, n (%)	58 (32)	36 (27%)	.34^b
Communication method, n (%)			<.001^c
Primarily English	92 (51)	74 (56)
Primarily Spanish, not certified	9 (5)	6 (5)
Mixed English and Spanish	6 (3)	4 (3)
Ad hoc interpreter	6 (3)	2 (2)
In-person interpreter	2 (1)	2 (2)
Telephone interpreter	64 (36)	1 (1)
Video interpreter	1 (1)	43 (33)

	Telephone	Video	P
At patient level	n = 28	n = 22
No. of video-recorded medical communications per patient, mean (SD)	6.4 (3.8)	6.0 (7.8)	.80^a
Total communication time per patient, min, mean (SD)	44.9 (37.8)	34.7 (47.8)	.42^a
Professional interpretation use captured at least once on video, n (%)	24 (86)	21 (95)	.25^b
At communication event level	n = 180	n = 132
Duration of communication events, min, mean (SD)
Provider-led communication	7.5 (7.3) (n = 110)	5.5 (5.3) (n = 68)	.05^a
Nurse-led communication	6.2 (5.2) (n = 66)	6.2 (8.6) (n = 62)	.97^a
Interpretation start-up time, min, mean (SD)	2.1 (0.9) (n = 55)	1.0 (0.8) (n = 38)	<.001^a
Individually evaluated communication event part of longer communication, n (%)	58 (32)	36 (27%)	.34^b
Communication method, n (%)			<.001^c
Primarily English	92 (51)	74 (56)
Primarily Spanish, not certified	9 (5)	6 (5)
Mixed English and Spanish	6 (3)	4 (3)
Ad hoc interpreter	6 (3)	2 (2)
In-person interpreter	2 (1)	2 (2)
Telephone interpreter	64 (36)	1 (1)
Video interpreter	1 (1)	43 (33)

a

Student’s t test, assuming unequal variance.

b

χ².

c

Fisher’s exact test.