Table 2 Responses to the statements about immigrant patients, by health workers’ group
Total | Office workers | Nurses | Doctors | P value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | ||
Some immigrants are aggressive and dangerous | |||||
Disagree | 64 (20.0) | 17 (14.8) | 31 (27.2) | 16 (17.6) | 0.013 |
Do not agree nor disagree | 98 (30.6) | 30 (26.1) | 41 (36.0) | 27 (29.7) | |
Agree | 158 (49.4) | 68 (59.1) | 42 (36.8) | 48 (52.7) | |
Immigrants take advantage of the social benefits that Portugal offers them | |||||
Disagree | 102 (31.9) | 27 (23.5) | 38 (33.3) | 37 (40.6) | 0.001 |
Do not agree nor disagree | 111 (34.7) | 32 (27.8) | 46 (40.4) | 33 (36.3) | |
Agree | 107 (33.4) | 56 (48.7) | 30 (26.3) | 21 (23.1) | |
Immigrant patients are more claiming than the general population | |||||
Disagree | 119 (37.2) | 35 (30.4) | 50 (43.9) | 34 (37.3) | <0.001 |
Do not agree nor disagree | 90 (28.1) | 23 (20.0) | 39 (34.2) | 28 (30.8) | |
Agree | 111 (34.7) | 57 (49.6) | 25 (21.9) | 29 (31.9) | |
Immigrants often dramatise and exaggerate their problems | |||||
Disagree | 116 (36.2) | 28 (24.3) | 56 (49.1) | 32 (35.2) | <0.001 |
Do not agree nor disagree | 102 (31.9) | 33 (28.7) | 37 (32.5) | 32 (35.2) | |
Agree | 102 (31.9) | 54 (47.0) | 21 (18.4) | 27 (29.6) | |
Frequently immigrants do not respect the health services’ rules | |||||
Disagree | 128 (40.0) | 31 (27.0) | 53 (46.5) | 44 (48.3) | 0.001 |
Do not agree nor disagree | 80 (25.0) | 28 (24.3) | 33 (28.9) | 19 (20.9) | |
Agree | 112 (35.0) | 56 (48.7) | 28 (24.6) | 28 (30.8) | |
When immigrants come to my service they behave like victims | |||||
Disagree | 194 (60.6) | 55 (47.8) | 69 (60.5) | 70 (76.9) | <0.001 |
Do not agree nor disagree | 67 (21.0) | 26 (22.6) | 28 (24.6) | 13 (14.3) | |
Agree | 59 (18.4) | 34 (29.6) | 17 (14.9) | 8.8 | |