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Table 1 Caregiver and patient participant characteristics

From: To share or not to share: communication of caregiver-reported outcomes when a patient has colorectal cancer

 

Caregiver (n = 25)

Patient (n = 37)

Characteristic

Number

Number

Mean age (years)

55

65

Gender

 Woman

22

16

 Man

2

21

 Non-binary

1

0

Relationship to the patient (you are the patient’s…)

 Husband/man partner

1

 

 Wife/woman partner

15

 

 Non-binary partner

1

 

 Daughter

6

 

 Son

1

 

 Friend (woman)

1

 

Relationship to caregiver (you are your caregiver’s…)

 Husband/man partner

 

19

 Wife/woman partner

 

8

 Mother

 

1

 Father

 

1

 Sister

 

1

 Daughter

 

1

 Cousin (man)

 

1

 Friend (woman)

 

2

 Listed more than 1 type of relationship

 

3

Marital status

 Married/common-law/living together

20

27

 Divorced/separated

1

4

 Single

4

5

 Widowed

0

1

Living arrangement

 Living with the patient or their caregiver

16

29

 Living alone

5

7

 Other

4

1

Employment status

 Full-time

8

6

 Part-time

5

6

 No

11

23

 Other

1

2

Cancer stage of patient

 1

3

2

 2

1

10

 3

6

16

 4

8

4

 Unknown

7

5

Patient colostomy and/or ileostomy

 Yes

11

18

 No

14

19