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Table 4 Frequency distribution of stances and roles by case

From: On equal footing? The impact of patient companions on Lifeworld integration and patient-centeredness in linguistically diverse emergency consultations

Stances

Roles

Case ID

N

% all turns

% coded turns

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

Nr of utterances by category

Linguistic agent

Interpreter

22

82

46

36

1

6

17

4

17

231

27.2

39.5

Active interpreter

2

 

8

1

 

3

  

18

32

3.8

Lifeworld agent

Cultural informant

         

0

0.0

11.7

Mediator

 

3

       

3

0.4

Advocate

 

1

2

      

3

0.4

Close informant

16

23

1

4

8

2

6

1

11

72

8.5

System agent

Bilingual professional

 

3

2

2

  

5

  

12

1.4

11.6

Monolingual professional

13

20

5

4

4

4

9

1

5

65

7.6

Principal

Answers for patient

34

57

27

7

19

1

33

5

64

247

29.1

37.1

N/A

 

18

38

30

22

12

3

7

6

49

185

21.8

-

 

Total

105

227

121

76

44

19

77

17

164

850

100.0

100.0

  1. N/A Excluded from the analysis for being incomprehensible or reflecting interaction with the observer