Research Article

Clinical Relevance and Psychometric Properties of the Swedish Version of the Cultural Competence Assessment Instrument

Table 1

Demographic characteristics of the participants who responded to the question of usefulness of a self-assessment instrument regarding cultural competence, showing both the group that had met international clients () and the group that had not met them in the previous year ().

Met international clients previous year, , (%)Did not meet international clients previous year, , (%) value

Gender1.000
 Women302 (97)111 (97)
 Men10 (3)4 (3)
Age10.017
 Mean/±SD/range47.9/11.2/22-7350.7/9.9/31-66
Highest education≤0.001
 Research level7 (2)18 (16)
 Master level31 (10)16 (14)
 Bachelor level274 (88)81 (70)
Working years0.543
 1-1075 (24)20 (17)
 11-2091 (29)36 (31)
 21-3093 (31)38 (33)
 31-53 (17)21 (18)
Working areas2
 Geriatric care66 (21)25 (22)
 Primary care47 (15)3 (3)
 Other350 (16)31 (28)
 Regional hospital care30 (10)3 (3)
 Vocational rehabilitation28 (9)4 (3)
 Paediatric rehabilitation27 (9)4 (3)
 Municipal services for people with disabilities19 (6)12 (10)
 Psychiatric in patient and out-patient care24 (8)3 (3)
 Somatic hospital care21 (7)5 (4)
 Education/pedagogical work8 (3)17 (15)
 Assistive technological centres14 (5)7 (6)
 Social psychiatry11 (4)6 (5)
 Adult rehabilitation11 (4)5 (4)
 Low vision clinic9 (3)2 (2)

1Missing data regarding age (). 2The participants had the possibility to fill in more than one alternative. 3Other could, for example, consist of partial workplaces and management positions.