Table 2.
Characteristics of the ill partners (the patients) (N=16).
| Characteristics |
|
n | % |
| Age |
|
|
|
|
|
Mean (SD) | 52.5 (13.5) |
|
|
|
Range in years | 32-71 |
|
| Type of cancer |
|
|
|
|
|
Lung cancer | 1 | 6 |
|
|
Acute lymphatic leukemia | 1 | 6 |
|
|
Hodgkin’s lymphoma | 1 | 6 |
|
|
Prostate cancer | 1 | 6 |
|
|
Ovarian cancer | 1 | 6 |
|
|
Testicular cancer | 1 | 6 |
|
|
Breast cancer | 2 | 13 |
|
|
Kahler’s disease | 1 | 6 |
|
|
Cervical cancer | 1 | 6 |
|
|
Brain tumor | 2 | 13 |
|
|
Skin cancer | 2 | 13 |
|
|
Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma | 1 | 6 |
|
|
Oesophagus cancer | 1 | 6 |
| Undergoing treatment |
|
|
|
|
|
Yes | 5 | 31 |
|
|
No | 8 | 50 |
|
|
Deceased | 3 | 19 |
| Prognosis (self-reported) |
|
|
|
|
|
Good | 6 | 38 |
|
|
Poor | 4 | 25 |
|
|
Uncertain | 3 | 19 |
|
|
Deceased | 3 | 19 |