Table 1.
Demographic characteristics and frequency of contact with immigrant patients, by health workers’ group
| |
Total n = 320 |
Office workers n = 115 |
Nurses n = 114 |
Doctors n = 91 |
P value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | ||
| Sex |
|
|
|
|
|
| Female |
269 (84.1) |
108 (93.9) |
105 (92.1) |
56 (61.5) |
<0.001 |
| Male |
51 (15.9) |
7 (6.1) |
9 (7.9) |
35 (38.5) |
|
| Number of immigrant patients daily contacted | |||||
| 3 or less |
178 (55.6) |
51 (44.3) |
59 (51.8) |
68 (74.7) |
<0.001 |
| 4 to 7 |
95 (29.7) |
31 (27.0) |
44 (38.6) |
20 (22.0) |
|
| 8 or more |
47 (14.7) |
33 (28.7) |
11 (9.6) |
3 (3.3) |
|
| |
Mean (SD) |
Mean (SD) |
Mean (SD) |
Mean (SD) |
|
| Age | 46.3 (10.2) | 47.3 (9.3) | 40.8 (10.2) | 52.1 (7.6) | <0.001 |