Table 1.
Participant characteristics
| Participant characteristic | n=28 (%) |
| Caregiver sex | |
| Male | 16 (57) |
| Female | 12 (43) |
| Caregiver relationship to patient | |
| Spouse | 15 (54) |
| Adult child | 6 (21) |
| Parent | 2 (7) |
| Sibling | 1 (4) |
| Friend | 3 (11) |
| Support worker | 1 (4) |
| Patient cancer type* | |
| Neuroendocrine | 12 (43) |
| Lung | 11 (39) |
| Breast | 2 (7) |
| Rare | 2 (7) |
| Brain | 1 (4) |
| Caregiver location | |
| New South Wales | 9 (32) |
| Queensland | 8 (29) |
| Victoria | 5 (18) |
| Western Australia | 4 (14) |
| South Australia | 1 (4) |
| Australian Capital Territory | 1 (4) |
| Caregiver age | |
| 30 and under | 4 (14) |
| 31–50 | 6 (21) |
| 51–70 | 12 (43) |
| Over 70 | 6 (21) |
*Some patients nominated more than one caregiver. Numbers in this table reflect the number of caregivers caring for patients with a particular cancer type.