Table 2.
Participant characteristics (n = 14).
| Patients | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gender | Age (year) | Occupation | Diagnosis, PPS (%) | Duration of disease | |
| 1 | Female | 37 | Merchant | Lung cancer, 50 | 2 months |
| 2 | Male | 41 | Construction manager | Rectal cancer, 50 | 4 years |
| 3 | Female | 73 | Farmer | Lung cancer, 30 | 6 months |
| 4 | Male | 55 | Subdistrict governor | Prostate cancer, 40 | 2 years |
| 5 |
Male |
29 |
Merchant |
Burkitt lymphoma, 40 |
9 months |
|
Caregivers | |||||
|
Gender |
Age (year) |
Occupation |
Relationship with patient |
Duration of caregiving |
|
| 1 | Male | 41 | Merchant | Husband | 2 months |
| 2 | Male | 30 | Driver | Grandson | 1 year |
| 3 | Female | 35 | Housewife | Daughter-in-law | 6 months |
| 4 | Female | 50 | Cloth designer | Wife | 2 years |
| 5 |
Male |
53 |
General worker |
Father |
1 month |
|
Physicians | |||||
|
Gender |
Age (year) |
Specialty in training |
Clinical experience (year) |
Duration of care involved with participant |
|
| 1 | Female | 24 | Otolaryngology | 1 | 2 weeks |
| 2 | - Not available for interview - | ||||
| 3 | Male | 29 | Orthopedics | 4 | 2 weeks |
| 4 | Female | 27 | Medicine | 4 | 1 week |
| 5 | Male | 28 | Medicine | 4 | 1 week |
All of the participants had Buddhism as their religion.
PPS; Palliative performance scale.