Table 1 Demographic presentation of the participants (n = 10) and their life-threatening, cancer-ill parent
Gender | |
Female | 7 |
Male | 3 |
Age | |
Mean | 20.7 |
Min-Max | 17–24 years |
Nationality | |
Norwegian | 3 |
Swedish | 7 |
Origin | |
Biological | 10 |
Family relationship | |
Daughter–mother | 5 |
Son–mother Son–father | 2 1 |
Daughter–father | 2 |
Time perspective on how long the parent has been life-threatening ill in cancer | |
Mean | 3.3 years |
Min-Max | 6 months–12 years |
Living vs. deceased parents | |
Parents still alive | 6 |
Deceased parent | 4 |
Cancer diagnosis of the ill parenta | |
Bowel cancer | 1 |
Ovarian cancer | 2 |
Cervical cancer | 1 |
Brain cancer | 1 |
Abdominal cancer | 1 |
Breast cancer | 1 |
Bone marrow cancer | 1 |
Neuroendocrine cancer | 1 |