Lost in translation? Information quality in pediatric pre-hospital medical emergencies with a language barrier in Germany

Table 3 Documented information

	All n = 1,410	Foreign-language patients n = 45	German-speaking (ref) n = 1,365	Multivariable Model^a
	n (%)	n (%)	n (%)	OR (95% CI)
Pre-existing conditions	697 (49.4)	14 (31.1)	683 (50.0)	2.01 (1.04 – 3.93)
Current medication	493 (35.0)	11 (24.4)	482 (35.3)	1.86 (0.91 – 3.80)
Events prior to the medical emergency	1,327 (94.1)	31 (68.9)	1,296 (94.9)	7.97 (4.01 – 15.82)

^aGeneralized linear model adjusted for age, sex, GCS. OR for foreign-language patients, German proficient as reference. An OR > 1 indicates less documentation. German-speaking patients: missing demographic values n = 20. OR on included covariables are shown in supplement file S1

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