Table 1 Participants’ characteristics and codes
Code | Participant’s sex | Participant’s age (years) | Duration of care for the spouse | Spouse’s sex | Spouse’s age (years) | Spouse’s diagnosis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
P1 | Woman | 69 | 6 months | Man | 74 | Lung cancer |
P2 | Woman | 74 | 2 years | Man | 77 | Status post-cardio-vascular insult, prostate adenoma, dementia |
P3 | Man | 63 | 3 months | Woman | 63 | Lung cancer |
P4 | Woman | 66 | 4 years | Man | 69 | Kidney cancer |
P5 | Woman | 53 | 5 months | Man | 59 | Tongue cancer |
P6 | Woman | 75 | 2 years | Man | 83 | Prostate cancer; chronic obstructive pulmonary disease |
P7 | Woman | 38 | 1 year | Man | 40 | Spinal cord cancer |
P8 | Woman | 72 | 4 years | Man | 82 | Lung cancer |