Cultural Nuance in Orthopedic Foreign Aid: Differences in Patient Concerns.
Orthopedic aid to developing nations is expanding and becoming a unique facet of the specialty. This investigation seeks to compare patient impressions and concerns regarding the care patients receive as part of an itinerant surgical aid trip in 2 nations. In 2013 and 2014, patients from 2 separate nations completed a Likert scale survey assessing impressions of the care they received at the hands of a surgical team from abroad. Mean response scores were calculated and compared using a t test. This is the first investigation to compare patient concerns across 2 nations in a surgical aid trip setting. The results highlight the importance of culture in understanding patients and the impressions of the care they receive.
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina.
Joseph J
JJ
Kavolus
Center for Hip and Knee Surgery, Mooresville, Indiana.
Merrill A
MA
Ritter
Fundaorto, Guatemala City, Guatemala.
J Guillermo
JG
Claverie
Instituto Medico Bolonia, Hospital Militar, Managua, Nicaragua.
Marcos D
MD
Salas
Piedmont Orthopaedic Associates, Greenville, South Carolina.
Christopher H
CH
Kavolus
Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota.
Robert T
RT
Trousdale
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D019644:Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip / Q000523:psychology*; D019645:Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee / Q000523:psychology*; D002648:Child; D065246:Culturally Competent Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006166:Guatemala; D006801:Humans; D007391:International Cooperation; D038622:Internationality; D008297:Male; D008493:Medical Missions / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009527:Nicaragua; D009983:Orthopedic Equipment; D009985:Orthopedics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult
Likert scale; foreign aid; hip arthroplasty; knee arthroplasty; patient impressions