Who Gets a Teach-Back? Patient-Reported Incidence of Experiencing a Teach-Back

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Table 1. Incidence of patient-reported teach-back, by patient demographics and time with doctors

		Asked to repeat doctors' instructions
Predictor variable	n (%)	% Never	% Sometimes	% Always	% Not sure	p	OR	95% CI
Race/Ethnicity
Black or African American	501 (14)	26	33	34	7	.06	1.89***	1.34–2.67
Hispanic or Latino/a	1,627 (47)	30	26	36	8	.3	1.03	0.81–1.33
White [R]	1,107 (32)	33	28	27	11	—	—	—
Language/reference
English [R]	2,275 (66)	34	29	28	10	—	—	—
Spanish	888 (26)	24	26	41	8	.06	1.87***	1.36–2.57
Other language	150 (4)	25	29	43	3	.02	2.71***	1.64–4.48
Education
8 or fewer years	626 (18)	25	27	39	10	.17
9 to 12 years	1,462 (42)	29	28	33	9	.48	0.95**	0.91–0.98
13 or more years	1,143 (33)	36	31	25	8	—
Age
Younger than 65 years	2,979 (86)	31	28	32	9	—	1.08*	1.05–1.11
65 years or older	320 (9)	26	31	33	11	.03
Enough time with doctors
Never [R]	474 (14)	41	20	33	6	—	—	—
Sometimes	914 (26)	41	41	15	4	.3	1.32	0.89–1.94
Always	1888 (54)	25	26	41	9	.16	2.81**	1.57–5.03