Table 1.

Characteristics of the sample

Characteristic	Patients (n = 16)	Caregivers (n = 14)
Age
20–29	–	1
30–39	1	1
40–49	1	4
50–59	3	1
60–69	7	7
70–79	2	–
80–89	2	–
Sex
Male	5	4
Female	11	10
Religion
Baptist	–	1
Buddhist	2	1
Catholic	3	4
Christian	2	1
Greek Orthodox	1	1
Hindu	1	–
Jehovah’s Witness	1	–
Latter Day Saints	1	–
Muslim	1	1
None/Not Disclosed	3	5
Pentecostal	1	–
Care type
Public	12	8
Private	4	4
Not Disclosed	–	2
Regional origin
Eastern Europe	–	1
European Union	6	2
Oceania	3	1
Asia	5	8
Africa	2	–
Middle East	–	2
Languages spoken
Afrikaans	1	–
Arabic	–	2
Cantonese	1	2
Dutch	1	–
English	12	11
French	–	1
German	3	–
Greek	1	–
Hindi	1	–
Hungarian	2	–
Italian	2	1
Macedonian	–	1
Mandarin	4	5
Melanesian	1	–
Malay	1	–
Polish	1	–
Somali	1	–
Tagalog	–	1
Taiwanese	1	–