Table 1.

Socio-demographic Information: Informal Caregivers and Hospitalized Patients.

Variable	Category	Informal caregivers (N = 21)		Hospitalized patient (N = 15)
		Frequency	Percent	Frequency	Percent
Gender	Female	15	71	9	60
	Male	6	29	6	40
Age	18-24	3	14	3	20
	25-34	2	10	3	20
	35-44	6	29	4	27
	45-54	3	14	2	13
	55-64	4	19	1	7
	65+	3	14	2	13
Education	Primary	2	10	3	20
	Secondary	9	43	3	20
	Tertiary	8	38	8	53
	Not provided	2	10	1	7
Ethnicity	Yoruba	16	76	12	80
	Others	5	24	3	20
Marital status	Single	4	19	4	27
	Married	16	76	11	73
	Not provided	1	5	-	-
Religion	Islam	6	29	3	20
	Christianity	14	67	12	80
	Not provided	1	5	-	-
	Total
Family type	Nuclear	14	67	14	93
	Extended	5	24	1	7
	Single parent	1	5	-	-
	Not provided	1	5	-	-
Occupation	Informally employed	14	67	4	27
	Formally employed	1	5	6	40
	Student	1	5	2	13
	Retiree	4	19	1	7
	Others	1	5	-	-
	Unemployed	-	-	2	13
Monthly income	5000-10 000	3	14	1	7
	10 001-20 000	2	10	0	0
	20 001-50 000	3	14	4	27
	50 001-100 000	3	14	1	7
	100 001-150 000	3	14	2	13
	150 000+	1	5	-	-
	Not provided	6	29	7	47
Patient/caregiver gender	Female	10	48	11	73
	Male	11	52	4	27
Patient/caregiver age	Below 18	1	5	-	-
	18-24	3	14	2	13
	25-34	3	14	3	20
	35-44	4	19	1	7
	45-54	3	14	3	20
	55-64	3	14	2	13
	65+	4	19	3	20
	Not provided	-	-	1	7
Caregiver-patient relationship	Parent	10	48	3	20
	Spouse	4	19	7	47
	Sibling	5	24	2	13
	Children	-	-	1	7
	Other relatives	2	10	1	7
	Co-worker			1	7
Place of residence	In-state	8	38	2	13
	Out-state	13	62	13	87
Duration of stay (weeks)	Less than 1	3	14	4	27
	1-2	8	38	3	20
	3-4	5	24	4	27
	5+	5	24	4	27
Ward	Medicine	5	24	1	7
	Medicine (oncology)	-	-	1	7
	Medicine (urology, diabetes)	3	14
	Obstetrics and gynecology	3	14	3	20
	Orthopedic	1	5	-	-
	Pediatrics	1	5	-	-
	Surgery	4	19	4	27
	Surgery (oncology)	4	19	4	27
	Surgery (orthopedic)	-	-	2	13
Paired interviews	No	12	57	6	40
	Yes	9	43	9	60