“…The needs of the immigrant population are somewhat different from those of the native population, and this entails constant work by hospital services (Fernández‐Castillo & Vílchez‐Lara, ). When comparing the emotional distress of immigrant and native populations, and specifically in parents of hospitalized children, some studies have found higher levels of stress, anxiety, fear, and mistrust in the immigrant population compared with the autochthonous (local) population (Fernández‐Castillo & Vílchez‐Lara, ; Fernández‐Castillo & Vílchez‐Lara, ; Fernández‐Castillo, Sada‐Lázaro, & Vílchez‐Lara, ; Fernández‐Castillo, Vílchez‐Lara, & Sada‐Lázaro, ). In contrast, some authors have found higher levels of satisfaction in the immigrant population compared with the native population (Fernández‐Castillo & Vílchez‐Lara, ).…”