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Table 1 Characteristics of the study population

From: Language interpretation conditions and boundaries in multilingual and multicultural emergency healthcare

Variable

Persons N = 46

Gender (n)

 Female

32

 Male

14

 Age (years)a

37 (21–65)

Country of birth

 Sweden

41

 Ex Yugoslavia

3

 Finland

1

 Iraq

1

Professional level (n)

 Nurse

21

 Assistant nurse

8

 Physician

5

 Social worker

1

 Unit managers

6

 Operational manager

5

Emergency healthcare context (n)

 Ambulance care

8

 Somatic emergency clinic

26

 Psychiatric emergency clinic

12

 Work experience in health care (years)a

13 (1–44)

 Work experience in emergency healthcare (years)a

4 (1–28)

  1. aMedian (range)