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Table 1 Demographic characteristics

From: Exploring the needs and coping strategies of family caregivers taking care of dying patients at home: a field study

Participant

Education

Religion

Diagnosis of Patient

Relationship to

Patient

Live with

Patient

Type of Data Collection

Family caregiver01

Junior high school

None

Cholangiocarcinoma

Husband

Yes

Interview

Family caregiver02

Bachelor’s degree

None

Chronic myeloid leukemia

Daughter

Yes

Outpatient Observation, Interview

Family caregiver03

Senior high school

None

Lung Cancer

Wife

Yes

Interview

Family caregiver04

Master’s degree

Christianity

Lung Cancer

Husband

Yes

Interview

Documents and records collection

Family caregiver05

Junior high school

None

Gastric Cancer

Wife

Yes

Home Observation, Interview

Family caregiver06

Junior high school

None

Gastric Cancer

Daughter

Yes

Interview

Documents and records collection

Family caregiver07

Bachelor’s degree

None

Pancreatic Cancer

Son

Yes

Interview

Family caregiver08

Senior high school

None

Liver Cancer

Wife

Yes

Interview

Documents and records collection

Family caregiver09

Bachelor’s degree

None

Lung Cancer

Wife

Yes

Outpatient Observation, Interview

Family caregiver10

Bachelor’s degree

None

Alzheimer

Son

No

Outpatient Observation, Interview

Family caregiver11

Bachelor’s degree

None

Lung Cancer

Wife

Yes

Home and Outpatient Observation, Interview

Family caregiver12

Master’s degree

None

Gastric Cancer

Daughter

Yes

Outpatient Observation, Interview

Family caregiver13

Bachelor’s degree

None

Breast Cancer

Son

Yes

Home Observation, Interview

Family caregiver14

Senior high school

None

Alzheimer

Son

No

Home Observation, Interview

Family caregiver15

Senior high school

None

Pancreatic Cancer

Wife

Yes

Outpatient Observation, Interview

Family caregiver16

Bachelor’s degree

None

Colorectal cancer

Daughter

Yes

Home Observation, Interview

Family caregiver17

Bachelor’s degree

None

Ovarian Cancer

Son

Yes

Outpatient Observation, Interview

Family caregiver18

Senior high school

None

Undiagnosed

Son

Yes

Outpatient Observation

Family caregiver19

Bachelor’s degree

None

Lung Cancer

Daughter

Yes

Outpatient Observation

Family caregiver20

Junior high school

None

Gastric Cancer

Husband

Yes

Outpatient Observation, Interview

Family caregiver21

Senior high school

None

Breast Cancer

Son

No

Outpatient Observation

Family caregiver22

Bachelor’s degree

None

Lung Cancer

Daughter

Yes

Outpatient Observation

Family caregiver23

Bachelor’s degree

None

Prostatic Cancer

Son

No

Outpatient Observation

Family caregiver24

Bachelor’s degree

None

Liver Cancer

Daughter

Yes

Outpatient Observation

Family caregiver25

Bachelor’s degree

None

Colon Cancer

Daughter

Yes

Outpatient Observation