Table 3. General and clinical data of participants in the cognitive debriefing.

One of the nine patients was not interviewed (she left the study after partial completion of the Quality of Communication questionnaire).

	Patients (n = 9)	Significant others (n = 3)
Characteristic	No (%)
Age, years*	69 (42–89)	38 (35–70)
Women	4 (44%)	1 (33%)
Education (degree)
Middle school	3 (33%)	0 (0%)
High school	3 (33%)	2 (67%)
University	3 (33%)	1 (33%)
Working status
Retired	6 (66%)	1 (33%)
Occupied (public officer, veterinary)	2 (22%)	2 (67%)
Unemployed	1 (11%)	0 (0%)
Administration of the interview
Face to face	7 (78%)	0 (0%)
Online	1 (11%)	2 (67%)
On the phone	1 (11%)	1 (33%)
Main diagnosis
Cancer (kidney n = 2, rectum, bladder, liver, lung, prostate)	7 (78%)	–
Heart failure	1 (11%)	–
Echinococcosis	1 (11%)	–
Disease duration, months*	36 (7–72)	–
Relation with the patient
Son	–	2 (67%)
Friend and trustee	–	1 (33%)

* Median (min-max)