Ī recent study showed a direct correlation with reported self-efficacy and preparedness to assess patients with the ability to speak Spanish in an underserved population. This may be the result of a patient who struggles to communicate with his/her doctor and a doctor whose best medical care delivery is hindered by the incapacity to speak the patient’s language proficiently. Likewise, an increased prevalence of pseudophakia and aphakia has been demonstrated in the Hispanic population when compared with non-Hispanic whites and has been projected to increase exponentially. įurthermore, research has suggested that the Spanish-speaking population in the United States has an increased risk of low vision, open-angle glaucoma (OAG), ocular hypertension, diabetic retinopathy, severity of diabetic retinopathy, and macular edema when compared to non-Hispanic white Americans. In the Proyecto VER study, the ability to speak English was significantly associated with having obtained ophthalmologic surgery. Similarly, this data indicates a concomitant decrease in reported English proficiency by Spanish speakers during the same time interval. United States Census Bureau data demonstrates that from 2009 to 2017, the number of individuals who exclusively speak Spanish in the United States has increased by approximately six million.
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