Baseline characteristics
| With interpreter (14) | Without interpreter (167) | |||||||
| N/years | % | N/years | % | |||||
| Most frequent nationalities | ER | 6 | 42.9 | SY | 37 | 22.2 | ||
| SY | 3 | 21.4 | ER | 26 | 15.6 | |||
| LK | 2 | 14.3 | PT | 13 | 7.8 | |||
| AF | 1 | 7.1 | AF | 11 | 6.6 | |||
| IQ | 1 | 7.1 | TR | 10 | 6 | |||
| SO | 1 | 7.1 | LK | 9 | 5.4 | |||
| Most frequent languages | Tigrinya | 6 | 42.9 | Arabic | 38 | 22.6 | ||
| Arabic | 3 | 21.4 | Tigrinya | 25 | 15 | |||
| Tamil | 2 | 14.3 | Kurdish | 16 | 9.5 | |||
| Dari | 1 | 7.1 | Portuguese | 14 | 8.4 | |||
| Kurmanji | 1 | 7.1 | Turkish | 13 | 7.8 | |||
| Somali | 1 | 7.1 | Albanish | 12 | 7.2 | |||
| Language proficiency | Estimated | Self-reported | Estimated | Self-reported | Estimated | Self-reported | Estimated | Self-reported |
| A1 | 7 | 5 | 50 | 35.7 | 66 | 30 | 39.5 | 18 |
| A2 | 7 | 4 | 50 | 28.6 | 100 | 35 | 59.9 | 21 |
| B1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 35.7 | 1 | 45 | 0.6 | 26.9 |
| B2 | 39 | 23.4 | ||||||
| C1 | 12 | 7.2 | ||||||
| C | 4 | 2.4 | ||||||
| Missing | 2 | 1.2 | ||||||
| Duration of stay in CH | 5.07 years | 6.71 years | ||||||
| (min – max) | (20d–12y) | (6d–30y) | ||||||
| Triage score | ||||||||
| 1–3: urgent | 8 | 57.1 | 42 | 25.1 | ||||
| 4–5: non-urgent | 6 | 42.9 | 124 | 74.3 | ||||
| Missing | 0 | 1 | 0.6 | |||||
| Highest education degree of caregiver | ||||||||
| Illiterate | 2 | 14.3 | 21 | 12.6 | ||||
| Primary school | 6 | 42.9 | 56 | 33.5 | ||||
| Secondary school | 5 | 35.7 | 64 | 38.3 | ||||
| University | 0 | 0 | 26 | 15.6 | ||||
| Asylum permission/residence status | ||||||||
| N-permit | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1.8 | ||||
| F-permit | 5 | 35.7 | 33 | 19.8 | ||||
| B-permit | 6 | 42.9 | 93 | 55.7 | ||||
| C-permit | 1 | 7.1 | 25 | 15 | ||||
| Not known | 1 | 7.1 | 9 | 5.4 | ||||
B-permit, temporary resident foreign nationals; C-permit, settlement permit; d, day; F-permit, temporarily admitted refugee; N-permit, asylum-seeker; y, year.