Table 2.

Demographic and caregiving characteristics of the sample.

			Primary caregivers (n = 137)
Age at questionnaire administration	Years	Mean (sd)	56.6 (13.8)
		Range	20-82
Age group	18-30	n (%)	5 (3.7)
	31-40	n (%)	11 (8)
	41-50	n (%)	33 (24.1)
	51-60	n (%)	31 (22.6)
	61-70	n (%)	30 (21.9)
	71-82	n (%)	22 (16.1)
	Missing data	n (%)	5 (3.7)
Sex	Female	n (%)	87 (63.5)
	Male	n (%)	47 (34.3)
	Missing data	n (%)	3 (2.2)
Education	Primary school	n (%)	10 (7.3)
	Secondary school	n (%)	26 (19)
	College	n (%)	52 (38)
	Graduation’s degree	n (%)	4 (2.9)
	Bachelor’s degree	n (%)	37 (27)
	Missing data	n (%)	8 (5.8)
Ethnicity	Caucasian	n (%)	124 (90.5)
	Arabian	n (%)	2 (1.5)
	Indo-European	n (%)	1 (0.7)
	African	n (%)	1 (0.7)
	Missing data	n (%)	9 (6.6)
Religion	Catholic	n (%)	99 (72.3)
	Muslim	n (%)	2 (1.5)
	Evangelic	n (%)	1 (0.7)
	Orthodox	n (%)	3 (2.2)
	Jehovah’s Witness	n (%)	1 (0.7)
	Agnostic/Atheist	n (%)	21 (15.3)
	Animist	n (%)	2 (1.5)
	Missing data	n (%)	8 (5.8)
Cancer diagnosis	Solid	n (%)	108 (78.8)
	Hematologic	n (%)	29 (21.2)
Time since first EPC consult	Months	Mean (sd)	14.2 (15)
		Range	2-72
Relationship to patient	Spouse/partner	n (%)	61 (44.5)
	Daughter/son	n (%)	61 (44.5)
	Parent	n (%)	1 (0.7)
	Sister/brother	n (%)	4 (2.9)
	Other family	n (%)	5 (3.6)
	Missing data	n (%)	5 (3.6)
Status of the patient at the moment of the caregiver enrollment	Alive	n (%)	100 (73%)
	Deceased	n (%)	37 (27%)
In case of deceased patient, time since death	Months	Mean (sd)	13.4 (10.1)
		Range	1-36

n, number; sd, standard deviation; EPC, early palliative care.