The Association between Patient-Reported Pain and Doctors’ Language Proficiency in Clinical Practice

Table 6

Correlations between the patients’ native language and their experience during the visit (1–5 graded scale).

	Swedish speakers	Finnish speakers	value
	Mean ± SD ()	Mean ± SD ()
Sense of security/insecurity	4.23 ± 0.9 (77)	4.0 ± 0.9 (379)	0.99
Trust/fear	1.5 ± 1.0 (71)	1.7 ± 1.0 (372)	0.7
Confidence in/uncertainty of the GP’s skills	3.8 ± 1.0 (76)	3.8 ± 1.0 (381)	0.1
Motivated/unmotivated to follow the GP’s instructions	4.2 ± 1.0 (76)	4.5 ± 0.9 (381)	0.005
Satisfied/dissatisfied with the service	3.9 ± 1.4 (77)	3.8 ± 1.2 (382)	0.27

1–5 graded scale: 1 = the most negative experience, 5 = the most positive experience.
Adjusted for age, gender, income, and education.