2.

Sociodemographic characteristics of the caregivers (N=363)

Item	n	Proportion (%)		Item	n	Proportion (%)
Gender				Peasant	76	20.94
Male	166	45.73		Employee of an enterprise or public institution	136	37.47
Female	197	54.27		Freelancers	28	7.71
Age (year)				Others	33	9.09
≤44	165	45.45		Relationship to patient
45–59	128	35.26		Spouse	200	55.10
≥60	70	19.29		Parent	16	4.40
Education				Child	105	28.93
Primary school or below	20	5.51		Brother and sister	24	6.61
Middle school	92	25.34		Other relatives	18	4.96
Technical secondary school/high school	107	29.48		Duration of caring for patient (month)
Associate’s degree or above	144	39.67		≤6	235	64.74
Career				7–12	55	15.15
Worker	90	24.79		>12	73	20.11