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Table 2 Participants’ characteristics

From: Role of nurses in medication management at the end of life: a qualitative interview study

Case

number

Patient characteristics

Informal caregiver characteristics

Nurse characteristics

Medical specialist characteristics

Family physician characteristics

 

Gender, age (years)a

Diagnosis

Survival after

interview (days)

Marital status

Religion

Country of origin

Relation, age (years)a

Gender, age (years)a

Specialty

Setting

Gender, age (years)a, specialisation

Gender, age (years)a

1

M 80+

Kidney failure

30

Partnership

Netherlands

Wife 70+

M 50+

Dialysis

General hospital

M 30+ internist

M 60+

2

F 60+

Melanoma

35

Married

Protestant

Netherlands

Husband 60+

F 30+

Oncology

Academic hospital

F 30+ internist

M 50+

3

F 60+

COPD

12

Single

Catholic

Germany

F 20+

Oncology

General hospital

M 50+ pulmonologist

F 20+

4

F 80+

Dementia

8**

Widow

Islamic

Turkey

Grandson 20+

F 20+

Oncology

Academic hospital

F 30+ trainee geriatrician

F 30+ internist

M 30+

5

F 60+

Stomach cancer

***

Divorced

Catholic

Suriname

M 60+ oncologist

6

M 70+

Acute myeloid leukaemia

67

Married

Netherlands

M 50+

Oncology

Academic hospital

F 50+ haematologist

F 30+ trainee haematologist

7

M 50+

Lung cancer

35

Single

Buddhist

Netherlands

Sister 50+

F 50+

Geriatrics, palliative care

Hospice

M 30+

8

F 80+

Colon cancer

5

Widow

Catholic

Netherlands

M 50+

Palliative care

Hospice

F 40+

oncologist

9

M 60+

Mesothe-

lioma

54

Married

Netherlands

Wife 50+

F 50+

Hospice

M 30+ pulmonologist

M 60+ anaesthesiologist

10

M 70+

Esophagus cancer

19

Widower

Netherlands

Daughter-in-law 40+

F 40+

Hospice

F 40+ elderly care

F 30+

11

F 50+

Lung cancer

63

Divorced

Protestant

Netherlands

Sister 40+

F 50+

Palliative care

Hospice

F 50+ elderly care

M 40+ trainee elderly care

F 30+ pulmonologist

12

M 80+

Stomach cancer

117

Widower

Reformed

Netherlands

Son 40+

F 50+

Palliative care

Hospice

F 30+ trainee

elderly care

13

M 60+

Esophagus cancer

54

Married

Netherlands

F 40+ oncologist

M 30+

14

M 90+

Cardiac failure

96

Widower

Germany

Daughter 60+

F 50+

Geriatrics

Nursing home

M 20+ trainee cardiology

F 40+

15

F 70+

Mouth cancer

43

Married

Netherlands

Female friend 70+

F 40+

Home care

M 50+

16

F 60+

Lung cancer

31

Married

Catholic

Netherlands

F 30+ trainee pulmonologist

M 40+

17

F 40+

ALS

***

Married

Catholic

France

Son#

F 50+

#

Home care

M 30+ rehabilitation specialist

F 30+ trainee

18

M 80+

Old age, cardiac failure, COPD

***

Married

Catholic

Netherlands

Daughter 50+

F 40+

Occupational therapy

Home care

M 40+

  1. M Male, F Female
  2. ALS Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, COPD Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
  3. a Age given in ranges: 20+: 20–29 years; 30+: 30–39 years etc.
  4. **Could not be interviewed
  5. ***Survival longer than 6 months
  6. # Missing