Table 4.

Symptoms reported by carers during semi-structured interviews

Theme: carers report various symptoms related to physical health
Sub-theme	Evidence
Pain	‘It's only my back that endures pain’ Carer 009
	‘My chest too, for instance when I carry out a tough duty then in the evening I experience pain’ Carer 016
	‘I endure pain on my hands sometimes’ … ‘On my back’ Carer 012
	‘It is my right hand’ … ‘Normally feel a throbbing pain that is so sharp and as it hurts at times it swells that I can't work anymore!’ Carer 013
Other symptoms	‘This part of my body doesn't perform well … I feel like I dislocated my arms … I feel the part losing strength’ Carer 001
	‘If I fail to perform the duties it's because of my leg the muscle sometimes swells and when it happens I fail to do the duties properly!’ Carer 016
	‘My right hand is the problem, sometimes it experience numbness’ Carer 006
	‘No it does not, the thing is, I get tired but how can I get tired yet she is my granddaughter?’ Carer 007