Table 5. Characteristics of study participants (Families) and critically Ill patients for depth semi-structured interviews (N = 10).

ID	Families					Patients
	Gender	Age	Relationship	Education level	Religion	Gender	Age	Reason for admission ICU	ICU LOS (days)	Initial APACHE II Score
01	F	63	Spouse	High school diploma	Yes	M	63	Respiratory failure	33	16
02	F	44	Offspring	≥ Bachelor’s Degree	Yes	F	78	Renal failure	25	42
03	M	48	Offspring	≥ Bachelor’s degree	Yes	M	80	Respiratory failure	11	21
04	F	60	Sibling	High school diploma	Yes	F	62	Other	4	17
05	F	74	Spouse	High school diploma	Yes	M	76	Respiratory failure	2	26
06	F	51	Mother	High school diploma	Yes	M	20	Respiratory failure	3	31
07	F	67	Spouse	≥ Bachelor’s degree	No	M	71	Respiratory failure	6	19
08	M	41	Offspring	High school diploma	Yes	M	68	Respiratory failure	9	17
09	M	53	Offspring	≥ Bachelor’s degree	Yes	F	88	Respiratory failure	16	33
10	F	60	Spouse	High school diploma	Yes	M	61	Sepsis/Renal failure	4	21

ICU = intensive care unit; LOS = length of stay; APACHE = Acute physiology, age, chronic health evaluation