Table 2.

Demographic characteristics of patients who participated in the semi‐structured interviews

Case	Age (years)	Gender	Social class	Stage of disease (Dukes’)	Performance status	Level of co‐morbidity	Social circumstances
1	59	Male	4	C	1	1–2	Lives with spouse/partner
2	69	Female	6	C	0	1–2	Lives with spouse/partner
8	68	Male	6	C	0	3+	Lives with spouse/partner
10	74	Male	4	C	0	1–2	Lives alone
11	59	Male	7	C	0	0	Lives with spouse/partner
12	69	Male	7	C	0	1–2	Lives with spouse/partner
17	69	Male	5	C	0	0	Lives with spouse/partner
19	74	Male	2	C	0	1–2	Lives with spouse/partner
22	55	Female	3	C	0	1–2	Lives alone
24	49	Female	5	B	0	0	Lives with spouse/partner
31	76	Male	6	C	0	1–2	Lives alone