Table 2.

Characteristics of caregivers

Workplace
Psychiatric care	60 %
Non-psychiatric care	40 %
Profession (N = 135)
Physician	39.3 %
Psychologist	3 %
Nurse	42.2 %
Social worker	5.2 %
Educator	0.7 %
Translator	4.4 %
Other	5.2 %
Gender (N = 130)
Male	37.7 %
Female	62.3 %
Age (N = 134)
Less than 30	8.2 %
Between 30 and 40	27.6 %
Between 40 and 50	26.9 %
Older than 50	37.3 %
Number of years spent working with asylum seekers (N = 134)
Less than 2 years	18.7 %
Between 2 and 5 years	24.6 %
Between 5 and 10 years	19.4 %
More than 10 years	37.3 %
Number of years spent working with asylum seekers (N = 134)
Less than 5 years	43.3 %
More than 5 years	56.7 %
Time spent working directly with asylum seekers during an average workday (N = 133)
Rare	11.3 %
Occasionally	34.6 %
Frequently	45.9 %
Exclusively	8.3 %
Time spent working directly with asylum seekers during an average workday (N = 133)
Rare and Occasionally	45.9 %
Frequently and Exclusively	54.1 %
What is the prevalence of psychiatric illness amongst the asylum-seeking population? (N = 132)
Approximately 2 of 10	20.5 %
Between 2 and 4 of 10	37.1 %
Between 4 and 6 of 10	29.5 %
Between 6 and 8 of 10	12.9 %
What proportions of asylum seekers are receiving appropriate mental healthcare? (N = 133)
Approximately 2 of 10	39.8 %
Between 2 and 4 of 10	36.1 %
Between 4 and 6 of 10	18.8 %
Between 6 and 8 of 10	5.3 %