Table 2.
Caregiver demographics
| Characteristic | Overall N = 427 |
Current ECOG performance status | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 n = 66 |
1 n = 181 |
0 n = 129 |
3 or 4 n = 51 |
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| Age, mean (SD) years | n = 425 | n = 66 | n = 179 | n = 129 | n = 51 |
| 53.5 (12.5) | 52.8 (11.6) | 52.7 (12.0) | 53.1 (13.3) | 58.2 (12.4) | |
| Female, n (%) | n = 423 | n = 66 | n = 178 | n = 129 | n = 50 |
| 307 (72.6) | 47 (71.2) | 131 (73.6) | 93 (72.1) | 36 (72.0) | |
| Relationship to patient, n (%) | n = 426 | n = 66 | n = 181 | n = 128 | n = 51 |
| Partner/spouse | 234 (54.9) | 47 (71.2) | 100 (55.2) | 61 (47.7) | 26 (51.0) |
| Mother/father | 3 (0.7) | 0 (0) | 1 (0.6) | 0 (0) | 2 (3.9) |
| Friend/neighbour | 13 (3.1) | 3 (4.5) | 5 (2.8) | 4 (3.1) | 1 (2.0) |
| Daughter/son | 136 (31.9) | 13 (19.7) | 61 (33.7) | 49 (38.3) | 13 (25.5) |
| Sister/brother | 11 (2.6) | 2 (3.0) | 4 (2.2) | 3 (2.3) | 2 (3.9) |
| Other family member | 12 (2.8) | 1 (1.5) | 4 (2.2) | 6 (4.7) | 1 (2.0) |
| Other | 3 (0.7) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (0.8) | 2 (3.9) |
| None | 14 (3.3) | 0 (0) | 6 (3.3) | 4 (3.1) | 4 (7.8) |
| Additional support provided to the patient, n (%) | n = 406 | n = 61 | n = 169 | n = 125 | n = 51 |
| None | 231 (56.9) | 42 (68.9) | 103 (60.9) | 63 (50.4) | 23 (45.1) |
| Formal help only | 38 (9.4) | 1 (1.6) | 8 (4.7) | 15 (12.0) | 14 (27.5) |
| Formal + informal help | 61 (15.0) | 9 (14.8) | 32 (18.9) | 16 (12.8) | 4 (7.8) |
| Informal help only | 76 (18.7) | 9 (14.8) | 26 (15.4) | 31 (24.8) | 10 (19.6) |
ECOG Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group, SD standard deviation