Table 1.
Demographic and clinical characteristics of recruited patients.
| Number of recruited patients | 12 |
| Number of recruited carers | 8 |
| Patients’ Age in years (mean, SD) | 71 (9.9) |
| Male patients (n, %) | 8 (66.7%) |
| Time from diagnosis to the first questionnaire completion in days (mean, SD) | 39 (16) |
| Cancer Stage (n, %) | |
| II | 1 (8.3%) |
| III | 6 (50.0%) |
| IV | 5 (41.7%) |
| Chemotherapy | 9 (75.0%) |
| Survival in months (median, IQR) | 5.9 (4.8–11.0) |
| Major Co-morbidities | |
| Cardiac | 6 (50%) |
| Respiratory | 3 (25%) |
| Hepatologic | 1 (8.3%) |
| Renal | 5 (45.5%) |
| Diabetes | 3 (25%) |
| Smoking History | |
| Non-smoker | 9 (75%) |
| Ex-smoker | 2 16.7%) |
| Current-smoker | 1 (8.3%) |
SD standard deviation, IQR inter-quartile range.