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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Dec 21.
Published in final edited form as: Palliat Med. 2011 Nov 10;26(8):1025–1033. doi: 10.1177/0269216311426919

Table 1.

Sample demographics and baseline functioning.

Total
Patients
Spouses
Offspring
Other (e.g., siblings)
n %a n %a n %a n %a n %a
Number 299 100 62 21 54 18 109 36 74 25
Mean (SD) Mean (SD) Mean (SD) Mean (SD) Mean (SD)

Age (years) 43.8 (17.6) 56.2 (12.6) 56.7 (11.9) 33.2 (12.6) 50.4 (17.9)
n %a n %a n %a n %a n %a
% Female 182 61 36 19 23 13 71 39 52 29
% Caucasian 235 79 50 21 47 20 89 38 49 21
% Married 170 57 48 28 48 28 37 22 37 22
Family Functioning Mean (SD) Mean (SD) Mean (SD) Mean (SD) Mean (SD)
Total FRIb 8.13 (2.13) 7.88 (2.26) 8.09 (2.20) 7.51 (2.12) 8.27 (2.02)
Expressiveness 2.27 (1.15) 2.31 (1.15) 2.22 (1.18) 2.28 (1.13) 2.24 (1.16)
Cohesiveness 3.46 (0.80) 3.26 (0.86) 3.33 (0.89) 3.35 (0.79) 3.54 (0.67)
Conflict Resolution 2.40 (1.23) 2.31 (1.32) 2.54 (1.08) 1.88 (1.54) 2.49 (1.34)
Depression BDIc 13.21 (9.25) 16.07 (9.60) 13.96 (8.45) 12.40 (9.38) 11.82 (8.60)

Note:

a

Percentages may not add to 100 due to rounding

b

Family Relationships Index = Expressiveness + Cohesiveness + Conflict Resolution

c

Beck Depression Inventory