Table 5.

Scale of "general intercultural skills": mean scores across subgroups

	Univariate comparisons		Mean adjusted for all variables in model
	Mean (SD)	P value	Mean
Status:		< 0.001		< 0.001
Doctors in private practice	61.3 (20.2)		61.5
Hospital doctors	59.9 (18.8)		60.6
Medical students	44.2 (19.3)		46.4
Sex		0.012		< 0.001
Women	59.0 (20.6)		59.0
Men	54.9 (20.2)		53.4
Age group		< 0.001		NS
≤ 24 years	42.7 (19.0)	(linear trend)
25-44 years	56.5 (19.9)
45-64 years	60.8 (19.6)
≥ 65 years	66.4 (21.6)
Nationality		0.082		NS
Swiss	56.2 (20.3)
Other	60.4 (21.2)
Work experience in foreign country		< 0.001		< 0.001
Yes	62.4 (19.2)		59.4
No	52.7 (20.0)		53.0
Percentage of immigrant patients		0.007		0.016
0-10%	53.9 (18.6)	(linear trend)	54.1	(linear trend)
11-30%	56.7 (20.7)		55.5
31-100%	59.9 (20.7)		59.0
Interest in caring for immigrant patients		0.14		NS
Absent	58.9 (23.5)	(linear trend)
Weak	53.7 (20.6)
Moderate	55.4 (19.0)
High	58.1 (20.0)
Very high	59.6 (24.4)
Difficulties in communicating with immigrant patients		0.14		NS
All cases or almost	57.0 (26.4)	(linear trend)
Majority of cases	53.9 (21.7)
About half the cases	55.4 (20.4)
Minority of cases	57.7 (19.5)
Almost never	58.3 (20.9)
Training in cultural competence		0.20		NS
Yes	58.3 (19.0)
No	55.9 (21.2)