Table 2.

Distribution of Informal Domestic Caregivers, Patients According to Relationship, Patients' Diagnosis, Years of Providing Care, Time Spent and Kinds of Assistances (n=335)

Variable	N(%)
Degrees of relationship with caregivers
First	203 (60.6)
Second	78 (23.3)
Third	54 (16.1)
Time since the patient was diagnosed
< 2 years	175 (52.2)
≥ 2 years	160 (47.8)
Number of years provide care for the patient
< 5 years	280 (83.6)
≥ 5 years	55 (16.4)
Time spent each day by caregivers providing care for the patient
< 6 hours	148 (44.2)
≥6 hours	187 (55.8)
Kinds of assistance the caregiver can offer the patient
Diagnostic phase	136 (40.6)
The phase of loss of normality	50 (14.9)
Phase of decline	71 (21.2)
Dying phase	78(23.3)