Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of family caregivers and patients
| Characteristic | Family caregivers (n = 275) |
Patients (n = 275) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | |
| Age, years, mean (SD) | 57.4 (13.6) | 65.4 (10.7) | ||
| Female gender | 190 | 69.1 | 122 | 44.4 |
| Race | ||||
| White | 256 | 93.1 | 256 | 93.1 |
| Asian | 8 | 2.9 | 5 | 1.8 |
| African American | 6 | 2.2 | 6 | 2.2 |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | 0.4 | 4 | 1.5 |
| Other | 4 | 1.5 | 4 | 1.5 |
| Hispanic or Latino ethnic group | 8 | 3.1 | 7 | 2.6 |
| Relationship status | ||||
| Married | 222 | 80.7 | 206 | 74.9 |
| Single, never married | 30 | 10.9 | 21 | 7.6 |
| Divorced/separated | 8 | 2.9 | 25 | 9.1 |
| Widowed | 5 | 1.8 | 23 | 8.4 |
| Missing | 10 | 3.6 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Lives with patient | — | — | ||
| Yes | 208 | 75.6 | ||
| No | 57 | 20.7 | ||
| Missing | 10 | 3.6 | ||
| Relationship to patient | ||||
| Married | 182 | 66.2 | — | — |
| Child | 51 | 18.5 | — | — |
| Friend | 12 | 4.4 | — | — |
| Sibling | 12 | 4.4 | — | — |
| Parent | 6 | 2.2 | — | — |
| Non-cohabitating relationship | 2 | 0.7 | ||
| Other | 9 | 3.3 | — | — |
| Missing | 1 | 0.4 | — | — |
| Dependent children | 55 | 20.0 | 33 | 12.0 |
| Religion | ||||
| Catholic | 161 | 58.5 | 160 | 58.2 |
| Protestant | 45 | 16.4 | 50 | 18.2 |
| Jewish | 11 | 4.0 | 13 | 4.7 |
| Muslim | 2 | 0.7 | 1 | 0.4 |
| None | 27 | 9.8 | 31 | 11.3 |
| Other | 28 | 10.2 | 19 | 6.9 |
| Missing | 1 | 0.4 | 1 | 0.4 |
| Currently working | 153 | 55.6 | — | — |
| Education level | ||||
| ≤High school | 73 | 26.5 | 104 | 37.8 |
| >High school | 201 | 73.1 | 171 | 62.2 |
| Missing | 1 | 0.4 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Cancer type | ||||
| Lung | — | — | 149 | 54.2 |
| GI | — | — | 126 | 45.8 |
| ECOG performance status | ||||
| 0 | — | — | 71 | 25.8 |
| 1 | — | — | 177 | 64.4 |
| 2 | — | — | 27 | 9.8 |
SD, standard deviation; GI, gastrointestinal; ECOG, Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group.