Table 1 Demographic information of participants in individual interviews and focus groups
Palliative Home Care | Palliative Inpatient Care | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Patients | Family caregivers | Clinicians at primary site | Clinicians at other sites | Patients | Family caregivers | Clinicians | |
Sample size | 15 | 12 | 21 | 25 | 3 | 5 | 25 |
Age | |||||||
Median | 73 | 68 | 45 | 49 | 61 | 57 | 43 |
Range (min - max) | 46–95 | 56–89 | 34–61 | 35–60 | 58–66 | 51–62 | 23–63 |
Missing (%) | 0 | 1(8%) | 3(14%) | 1(4%) | 0 | 0 | 3(12%) |
Gender | |||||||
Male | 12 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
Female | 3 | 9 | 19 | 22 | 2 | 4 | 20 |
Missing (%) | 0 | 0 | 2(10%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1(4%) |
Highest education Level | |||||||
Less than High School | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
High School | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
College/Diploma | 4 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
University (Bachelor) | 4 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 16 |
Graduate | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
Missing (%) | 0 | 1(8%) | 2(10%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1(4%) |
Occupation | |||||||
Medical doctor | – | – | 2 | 0 | – | – | 2 |
Registered Nurse | – | – | 16 | 21 | – | – | 19 |
Licensed Practical Nurse | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | 0 |
Other | – | – | 1 | 3 | – | – | 3 |
Missing (%) | – | – | 1(5%) | 0 | – | – | 1(4%) |
Years in position | |||||||
Median | – | – | 6 | 8 | – | – | 8 |
Range (min - max) | 1–15 | 1–26 | 1–26 | ||||
Missing (%) | 1(5%) | 0 | 1(4%) | ||||
Position | |||||||
Casual | – | – | 1 | 3 | – | – | 3 |
Permanent | – | – | 14 | 19 | – | – | 19 |
Administration | – | – | 5 | 3 | – | – | 1 |
Missing | – | – | 1(5%) | 0 | – | – | 2(8%) |
Country/continent of birth | |||||||
Canada | 11 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 1 | 3 | 18 |
Asia | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Europe | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
Other | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
Missing (%) | 0% | 1(8%) | 2(10%) | 0 | 2(67%) | 0% | 1(4%) |