Table 4 Patient sample demographics
Patient | Age | Sex | Diagnosis | Family circumstances |
|---|---|---|---|---|
P101 | 80 | M | Prostate cancer | Lives with wife. Daughter and son live locally |
P102 | 70 | M | Kidney and metastatic cancer | Lives with wife. Son nearby |
P103 | 33 | F | Skin and metastatic cancer | Lives with husband and three children |
P104 | 59 | F | Lung cancer | Lives alone. Daughter and son live locally and support from her Church community |
P105 | 83 | F | Lung cancer | Lives with daughter and son-in-law |
P201 | 79 | M | Heart failure | Lives with wife. Three daughters, one son all live locally. |
P202 | 61 | F | Congenital heart failure | Lives with husband. Support from daughter though she does not live nearby. |
P203 | 72 | M | Heart failure | Lives with wife. Two daughters who live locally |
P301 | 65 | F | Breast and metastatic cancer | Lives with husband. Daughter lives locally |
P302 | 77 | M | Kidney and metastatic cancer | Lived alone. Since diagnosis has moved in with son and daughter-in-law. One daughter lives locally. |
P303 | 73 | M | Prostate cancer | Lives with wife. Two daughters, one son live locally |
P304 | 69 | M | Prostate cancer | Lives with wife. Son and daughter live locally |
P401 | 90 | F | Stroke | Family visit but live some distance away |
P402 | 67 | M | MS | Wife visits plus has day visits home. Two sons visit |
P403 | 88 | M | MS | Wife visits. Two sons visit. |
P404 | 82 | F | Stroke, Spondylosis | Son visits. One daughter who visits irregularly |
P405 | 81 | F | Stroke | No family |
P501 | 88 | M | Heart failure | Lives alone. |