Table 2.

The breakdown of nurses’ views about foreign patients and the mean Xenophobia Scale score (n = 761)

Variables					n		%
Thinking that foreign patients bring new diseases		Yes			552		72.5
		No			209		27.5
Being in contact with a foreign individual in the inner circle		Yes			328		43.1
		No			433		56.9
Having difficulty in providing foreign patients with care		Never provided a foreigner with care before			92		12.1
		Yes			436		57.3
		No			233		30.6
Preferring not to give care to the foreign patient if that option is available		Yes			218		28.6
		No			543		71.4
Wanting to live/work as a migrant in another country		Yes			270		35.5
		No			316		41.5
		N/A			175		23.0
		Total			761		100.0
Scale	Mean		Sd.	Min.		Max.
Xenophobia Scale	51.42		12.93	11		66

Note: Min.: minimum, Max.: maximum