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Table 2 Ratings of perceived barriers and of perceived knowledge among staff from different organisations working with refugees, before and after training in transcultural psychiatry and migration, n = 119

From: Approaching the vulnerability of refugees: evaluation of cross-cultural psychiatric training of staff in mental health care and refugee reception in Sweden

  

Before training

After training

  
  

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

t

P

Perceived knowledge

Knowledge of health problems and treatment

2.43 (0.87)

3.32 (0.93)

-9.261

0.000

Knowledge of support and care systems

2.89 (0.85)

3.75 (0.88)

-8.853

0.000

Barriers

Lack of knowledge

2.81 (1.22)

2.29 (1.00)

4.008

0.000

Lack of cooperation within the organization

2.81 (1.16)

2.81 (1.27)

0.000

1.000

Lack of collaboration between actors

3.28 (1.03)

3.23 (1.11)

0.390

0.698

Lack of time

2.90 (1.21)

3.04 (1.11)

-1.215

0.227

Lack of procedures

3.04 (1.18)

2.94 (1.14)

0.756

0.452

Lack of resources

3.08 (1.17)

3.15 (1.92)

-0.491

0.625