Table 4 Scale of "intercultural communication skills": mean scores across subgroups
| Â | Univariate comparisons | Mean adjusted for all variables in model | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Mean (SD) | P value | Mean | Â |
Status: | Â | < 0.001 | Â | < 0.001 |
   Doctors in private practice | 55.0 (20.1) |  | 50.8 |  |
   Hospital doctors | 51.4 (18.2) |  | 48.5 |  |
   Medical students | 45.1 (16.1) |  | 40.3 |  |
Sex | Â | 0.64 | Â | NS |
   Women | 50.6 (19.0) |  |  |  |
   Men | 51.3 (18.3) |  |  |  |
Age group | Â | < 0.001 | Â | NS |
   ≤ 24 years | 43.1 (15.1) | (linear trend) |  |  |
   25-44 years | 50.1 (18.3) |  |  |  |
   45-64 years | 54.8 (19.7) |  |  |  |
   ≥ 65 years | 56.0 (17.0) |  |  |  |
Nationality | Â | 0.26 | Â | NS |
   Swiss | 50.6 (18.7) |  |  |  |
   Other | 53.1 (18.0) |  |  |  |
Work experience in foreign country | Â | 0.002 | Â | NS |
   Yes | 53.9 (18.6) |  |  |  |
   No | 49.1 (18.4) |  |  |  |
Percentage of immigrant patients | Â | 0.036 | Â | NS |
   0-10% | 49.3 (19.0) | (linear trend) |  |  |
   11-30% | 50.6 (18.0) |  |  |  |
   31-100% | 53.5 (19.0) |  |  |  |
Interest in caring for immigrant patients | Â | < 0.001 | Â | 0.025 |
   Absent | 42.0 (23.2) | (linear trend) | 37.9 | (linear trend) |
   Weak | 47.0 (19.7) |  | 42.6 |  |
   Moderate | 48.3 (17.7) |  | 45.5 |  |
   High | 53.5 (17.5) |  | 51.6 |  |
   Very high | 57.8 (20.9) |  | 55.3 |  |
Difficulties in communicating with immigrant patients | Â | < 0.001 | Â | 0.017 |
   All cases or almost | 41.4 (21.4) | (linear trend) | 40.0 | (linear trend) |
   Majority of cases | 46.0 (17.4) |  | 44.7 |  |
   About half the cases | 49.8 (17.7) |  | 48.0 |  |
   Minority of cases | 50.0 (18.5) |  | 47.1 |  |
   Almost never | 56.3 (18.8) |  | 53.0 |  |
Training in cultural competence | Â | 0.003 | Â | NS |
   Yes | 54.3 (18.1) |  |  |  |
   No | 49.5 (18.6) |  |  |  |