Table 1 Sociodemographic and professional experience characteristics of the surveyed participants
Total | ||
|---|---|---|
Characteristic | n | % |
Gender (N = 120) | ||
 Male | 26 | 21.7 |
 Female | 94 | 78.3 |
Age (years; N = 120) | ||
 20–30 | 8 | 6.6 |
 31–40 | 44 | 36.7 |
 41–50 | 30 | 25.0 |
  > 50 | 38 | 31.7 |
Country of birth (N = 120) | ||
 Portugal | 106 | 88.3 |
 Other | 14 | 11.7 |
Occupation (N = 120) | ||
 Medical Doctor | 56 | 46.7 |
 Nurse | 56 | 46.7 |
 Diagnosis and therapy technicians | 8 | 6.6 |
Professional experience in TB care (years; N = 117)a | ||
 0–10 | 76 | 65.0 |
 11–20 | 17 | 14.5 |
  > 20 | 24 | 20.5 |
Professional experience with migrant patients (years; N = 113)a | ||
 0–10 | 51 | 45.1 |
 11–20 | 30 | 26.5 |
  > 20 | 32 | 28.4 |
Approximate amount of migrant patients consulted daily‡ (N = 120) | ||
 None | 19 | 15.8 |
 Few (approx. 1 third) | 95 | 79.2 |
 Some (approx. half) | 6 | 5.0 |
 Many (more than half) | 0 | 0.0 |