Table 4 Statistical significance of perceived difficulties with sociodemographic variables

Variable

P

p

p

p

P

p

p

P

p

p

Cluster I

4) Absence of written materials in other languages (e.g., brochures, consent forms)

0.044

5) Absence of referent individuals in cross-cultural clinical work

0.005

6) Patients’ perceptions of illness, death, treatments and the healthcare system (e.g., role of palliative care)

0.006

7) Patient’s financial resources (e.g., body repatriation, arrival of relatives)

0.039

8) Patients’ active involvement in decision making

0.01

Cluster II

10) Lack of knowledge about health and support networks for precarious patients (e.g., asylum seekers, undocumented migrants)

0.031

15) Required efforts (e.g., time of consultation, organization)

0.004

16) Translation by relatives

0.000

0.008

0.009

0.001

0.006

0.02

Cluster III

18) Collaboration with professional interpreters or colleagues providing translation

0.05

19) Colleagues/superiors’ sensitivity to cultural diversity

0.022