The impact of training on communication quality during interpreter-mediated cognitive assessments: Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.
Professor Bianca BrijnathErika GonzalezJim HlavacJoanne C EnticottRobyn Woodward-KronDina LoGiudiceLee Fay LowJosefine AntoniadesJennifer WhiteKerry HwangXiaoping LinAndrew Simon GilbertPublished in: Alzheimer's & dementia (New York, N. Y.) (2022)
Interpreters are crucial in facilitating cognitive assessments for allophone speakers.Interpreters would benefit from training to improve assessment accuracy.Our study has co-designed specialized dementia training for interpreters.This is a protocol to evaluate the training's efficacy in a randomized controlled trial.