Table 2.
Caregiver characteristics—concept elicitation
| Caregiver socio-demographic characteristics | Children n = 11 |
Adolescents n = 11 |
Adults n = 12 |
Total n = 34 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gender | ||||
| Female | 12 (100.0%) | 11 (100.0%) | 12 (100.0%) | 34 (100.0%) |
| Age (years) | ||||
| Mean (SD) | 38.7 (9.98) | 44 (5.50) | 54 (7.76) | 45.8 (10.2) |
| Median | 35.0 | 44 | 55.5 | 45 |
| Min, max | 29, 63 | 36, 54 | 36, 70 | 29, 70 |
| Race/ethnicity | ||||
| Caucasian | 9 (81.8%) | 10 (90.9%) | 11 (91.7%) | 30 (88.2%) |
| Asian | 1 (9.1%) | 1 (2.9%) | ||
| Black | ||||
| Hispanic | 1 (9.1%) | 1 (9.1%) | 1 (8.3%) | 3 (8.8%) |
| Education | ||||
| High school | – | 1 (9.1%) | 1 (2.9%) | |
| Trade school | 1 (9.1%) | |||
| Associates degree | 4 (36.4%) | 1 (9.1%) | 2 (16.7%) | 4 (11.8%) |
| Some college | 4 (36.4%) | 4 (36.4%) | 1 (8.3%) | 9 (26.5%) |
| College graduate | 2 (18.2%) | 1 (9.1%) | 6 (50.0%) | 11 (32.4%) |
| Graduate degree | 4 (36.4%) | 3 (25.0%) | 9 (26.5%) | |
| Employment | ||||
| Full-time | 4 (36.4%) | 9 (81.8%) | 6 (50.0%) | 19 (55.9%) |
| Part-time | 3 (27.3%) | 1 (9.1%) | 3 (25.0%) | 7 (20.6%) |
| Retired | 2 (16.7%) | 2 (5.9%) | ||
| Student | ||||
| Homemaker | 4 (36.4%) | 1 (9.1%) | 5 (14.7%) | |
| Unemployed/disabled | 1 (8.3%) | 1 (2.9%) | ||
| Relationship to patient | ||||
| Parent | 10 (90.9%) | 11 (100.0%) | 12 (100.0%) | 33 (97.1%) |
| Grandparent | 1 (9.1%) | 1 (2.9%) | ||
| Marital status | ||||
| Single | 4 (36.4%) | 2 (18.2%) | 1 (8.3%) | 7 (20.6%) |
| Married | 7 (63.6%) | 9 (81.8%) | 11 (91.7%) | 27 (79.4%) |