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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Pain Symptom Manage. 2018 Mar 28;56(1):98–106. doi: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2018.03.017

Table 2.

Home caregiver responses to post-mortem interview questions regarding the overall difficulty caring for their care receiver at the end of life for patients seen at the Palliative Care Center at the Chris Hani Bharagwanath Academic Hospital, May 2016-September 2017.

All Caregivers (n=174)
Question N (%)*
Extent to which caretaker found caring for patient challenging
    A lot 62 (35.6)
    A little 38 (21.8)
    Not at all 74 (42.5)
Extent to which caretaker felt able patient to make comfortable
    A lot 148 (85.1)
    A little 19 (10.9)
    Not at all 7 (4.0)
Extent to which caretaker felt helpless while caring for the patient
    A lot 76 (43.7)
    A little 36 (20.7)
    Not at all 62 (35.6)
*

Column percentages