Table 1.

Demographic characteristics of study participants

Sex	Age (years)	Formal education*	Relationship to the patient	Years of care
Informal caregivers
Male	47	Primary	Mother	5
Female	44	Primary	Mother-in-law	7
Female	52	Primary	Mother	4
Male	38	Primary	Father	3
Female	64	None	Mother	6
Female	68	Teacher	Mother	4
Female	34	None	Father in-law	5
Male	35	Vocational	Mother	7
Male	63	None	Mother	6
Male	28	None	Grandmother	5
Formal caregivers:
Male	37	Public health		12
Female	26	Nurse		4
Female	28	Clinician		4
Female	29	Nurse		5
Male	26	Physiotherapist		3

^*All formal caregivers completed primary and secondary schooling; their occupations are listed in this column