TABLE 1.
Participants’ Demographic and Clinical Characteristics (N = 36)
| Survivors (N = 16)a |
CGs (N = 9) |
Leaders (N = 6) |
Healers (N = 6)a |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristic | n | n | n | n |
| Age (years) b | ||||
| 30–39 | 2 | – | – | – |
| 40–49 | 6 | 2 | – | – |
| 50–59 | 2 | 3 | – | – |
| 60–69 | 5 | 3 | – | – |
| 70–79 | 1 | 1 | – | – |
| Cancer type | ||||
| Breast | 7 | – | – | – |
| Gynecologic | 4 | – | – | – |
| Colorectal | 2 | – | – | – |
| Salivary/nasal | 2 | – | – | – |
| Leukemia | 1 | – | – | – |
| Gender | ||||
| Female | 14 | 7 | 4 | 2 |
| Male | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Reservation c | ||||
| I | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| II | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| III | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| Year diagnosed | ||||
| 1990–1999 | 2 | – | – | – |
| 2000–2009 | 6 | – | – | – |
| 2010–2019 | 7 | – | – | – |
| 2020–2021 | 1 | – | – | – |
CG—caregiver
a
1 survivor also identified as a healer. Participant was interviewed first as a survivor, then as a healer.
b
The ages of leaders and healers were not relevant to this study, and requesting their ages could appear culturally insensitive and intrusive.
c
Reservations identified as I, II, and III to maintain confidentiality.