TABLE 1.

Participants’ demographic profile.

Participants	Gender	Age (years)	Marital status	Occupation	Relationship to the MHCU	No. family members	Years of care provision	Level of education
P1	F	42	Single	Nurse	Daughter	2	21	Tertiary
P2	F	40	Married	Self-employed	Wife	4	15	Secondary
P3	F	59	Married	Unemployed	Sister	5	10 >	Uneducated
P4	F	76	Widow	Old-age pensioner	Mother	3	10 >	Uneducated
P5	M	28	Single	Unemployed	Brother	2	20	Tertiary
P6	F	69	Married	Old-age pensioner	Mother	3	10	Primary
P7	F	26	Single	Internship	Sister	11	4	Tertiary
P8	M	63	Widower	Retiree	Father	3	10 >	Tertiary
P9	F	63	Single	Retiree	Sister	4	20 >	Secondary
P10	M	20	Unmarried	Scholar	Grandson	11	10 >	Secondary
P11	M	74	Married	Old-age pensioner	Father	14	10 >	Primary
P12	F	72	Married	Old-age pensioner	Mother	13	10 >	Uneducated
P13	F	79	Widow	Old-age pensioner	Mother	5	10 >	Uneducated
P14	F	65	Widow	Retiree	Mother	5	19 >	Tertiary
P15	M	57	Widow	Unemployed	Mother	3	20 >	Primary
P16	F	67	Widow	Old-age pensioner	Mother	2	20 >	Uneducated

Source: Mbedzi, T., 2023, ‘Family members caring for mental health care users in the Vhembe district’, PhD thesis, Department of Nursing Science, University of Pretoria

F, female; M, male; MHCU, mental healthcare user; P, participant number.