Table 1 Demographic data of the participating spouses (n=18)

Gender

 Female/Male

13/5

Age

 M

70

 Min-max

59-83

Relationship to the person admitted to palliative care

 Spouse

18

Employment status

 Retired

13

 Working

5

Patients diagnosis*

 Cancer

  Gastrointestinal

7

  Urogenital

4

  Head neck

1

  Pseudomyxoma peritonei

1

 Other diagnosis

  Heart failure

3

  Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

2

  Kidney failure

1

  Pulmonary fibrosis

1

  Diabetes

2

Patients stoma

 Colon

3

 Kidney

2

 Gastro

1

Patients nutritional intake^a

 Eat as usual

8

 Reduced the amount of food

5

 Do not eat at all

5

 Infusions

2

 Probe and probing food

1