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Table 4 Participant characteristics

From: Feeling called to care: a qualitative interview study on normativity in family caregivers’ experiences in Dutch home settings in a palliative care context

Characteristics

Family caregivers

(N = 28)

Patients

(N = 9)

Male / Female

12 M / 16F

4 M / 5F

Age

23 to 84 years (mean 58.1)

61 to 95 years (mean 74.2)

Retrospective interview

13

not applicable

Relationship between patient and primary family caregiver

• Partner

18 partners

7 partnersa

• Child–parent

9 children (1 son)

1 parenta

• Other family member or friend

1

2

Diagnosis

• Cancer

16

5

• Organ failure (e.g. chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or heart failure)

6

2

• Other, comorbidity or unclear condition

6

2

  1. aOne of the 7 partner interviewees also received care from her child and specifically told about that in the interview