Table 1.
Characteristics of patients and proxies attending the focus groups (n = 18)
| Patients focus groups | Patients interviews | Proxies | Total | |
| Gender | ||||
| Male | 6 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
| Female | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| 18 | ||||
| Age (SD) | 66.67 (5.31) | 70.40 (2.79) | 66.25 (5.91) | 67.61 (4.95) |
| Education level | ||||
| Low | 3 | 5 | 2 | 10 |
| Middle | 3 | - | - | 3 |
| High | 3 | - | 2 | 5 |
| Diagnosis | ||||
| Breast cancer | 2 | - | ||
| Prostate | 2 | - | ||
| Lung cancer | 1 | 4 | ||
| Ovary cancer | 1 | 1 | ||
| Multiple myeloma | 1 | - | ||
| Lymph gland cancer | 1 | - | ||
| Colorectal cancer | 1 | - | ||
| Treatment | ||||
| n patients (number of treatments (M)) | ||||
| Chemotherapy | 6 (10.67) | 5 (2) | ||
| Operation | 7 (1.71) | |||
| Radiotherapy | 4 (28.25) |