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Table 2 Characteristics of healthcare professionals

From: Health care professional’s communication through an interpreter where language barriers exist in neonatal care: a national study

    

Test between groupsp-value

Physicians

Nurses

Nurse assistants

Nurse assistants vs Nurses

Nurse assistants vs Physicians

Nurses vs Physicians

Respondents, n = 858

54

484

320

   

Percentage based on total response frequency

6.3

56.4

37.3

   

Age, m (range) SD

41.7

(26.1; 66.7)

9.5

40.6

(21.3; 65.9)

11.3

44.4

(18.8; 65.8)

12.9

< 0.0001*

0.13

0.51

Missing

1

6

10

   

Distribution men/professional, m (%)

21 (39.6)

14 (2.9)

6 (1.9)

0.51

< 0.0001*

< 0.0001*

Missing

1

4

3

   

Spoke a third language/professional category, m (%)

21 (40.4)

87 (18)

58 (18.1)

0.33

< 0.0001*

< 0.0001*

Missing

2

2

0

   

Years in profession, m (SD)

11.9 (9.9)

13.1 (10.5)

19.4 (13.9)

< 0.0001*

0.0003*

0.46

Missing

2

19

40

   

Numbers of emergency conversations with interpreters the latest month, m (SD)

5.21 (6.06)

2.24 (3.90)

1.82 (4.83)

0.22

0.0001*

< 0.0001*

Missing

2

63

62

   

Numbers of planned conversations with interpreters the latest month, m (SD)

4.76 (4.46)

1.95 (3.05)

1.06 (4.84)

0.0026*

< 0.0001*

< 0.0001*

Missing

3

61

90

   
  1. *p < 0.05