title: [How do Turkish immigrants evaluate cultural sensitivity in a German tertiary hospital?].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Culturally adequate medical care is a goal in Germany, but quantitative data concerning inpatients is lacking.
  
  
  METHODS
  Inpatients of a German tertiary hospital: Turkish migrants (T) and Germans (G) were interviewed in their respective native language.
  
  
  RESULTS
  121 T and 121 G were interviewed. 97.5% of T were Muslims, 82.6% of G were Christians. 88.5% of T judged religion as "important" or "very important" (G: 35.8%). 50.8% of T saw their opportunity to pray in the hospital as "bad" or "very bad" (G: 0.9%). Keeping to Islamic dietary rules in the hospital was "difficult" or "very difficult" for 90% of T. For 79.0% of female T care by a same-sex staff was "important" or "very important" (female G: 36.3%, male T: 40.0%, male G: 7.7%). The presence of a same-sex person during examinations or treatments was "much" or "very much" appreciated by 69.7% of female T, if same-sex care was impossible (female G: 25.4%, male T: 28.9%, male G: 6.1%). A retrospective analysis revealed that 5.8% of all 8988 hospital admissions during the period of study recruitment were Turkish migrants.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  To meet the needs of Turkish migrants German hospitals should improve the opportunity for Muslims to pray. Additionally, the cooperation with local imams should be sought. Precise descriptions of food ingredients or an adapted menu could help T to deal with Muslim dietary commandments. A culturally sensitive hospital should take into account that female as well as male T prefer to be cared of by same-sex physicians and nurses.
authors.affiliation: Medizinische Klinik I (Innere Medizin), Marienhospital Herne, Universitätsklinikum der Ruhr-Universität Bochum.
authors.forename: Arnd
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Giese
authors.affiliation: Medizinische Klinik I (Innere Medizin), Marienhospital Herne, Universitätsklinikum der Ruhr-Universität Bochum.
authors.forename: Müberra
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Uyar
authors.affiliation: Medizinische Klinik I (Innere Medizin), Marienhospital Herne, Universitätsklinikum der Ruhr-Universität Bochum.
authors.forename: Bernhard F
authors.initials: BF
authors.lastname: Henning
authors.affiliation: Stiftung Zentrum für Türkeistudien und Integrationsforschung, Institut an der Universität Duisburg-Essen.
authors.forename: Haci H
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Uslucan
authors.affiliation: Medizinische Klinik I (Innere Medizin), Marienhospital Herne, Universitätsklinikum der Ruhr-Universität Bochum.
authors.forename: Timm
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Westhoff
authors.affiliation: Medizinische Klinik I (Innere Medizin), Marienhospital Herne, Universitätsklinikum der Ruhr-Universität Bochum.
authors.forename: Nikolaos
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Pagonas
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001294:Attitude to Health / Q000208:ethnology*; D002835:Christianity / Q000523:psychology*; D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D054242:Emigrants and Immigrants / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D005858:Germany / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D007514:Islam / Q000523:psychology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D062606:Tertiary Care Centers / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014421:Turkey / Q000208:ethnology; D055815:Young Adult