Table 2.
Demographics of the participants.
| Men living with prostate cancer | |
|---|---|
| Age (years) | # Participants (N = 23) |
| 49–58 | 6 |
| 59–68 | 10 |
| 69–78 | 4 |
| 79–88 | 3 |
| Total | 23 |
| Type of palliative treatment 1 at the hospital | |
| Hormone treatment | 15 |
| Surgical Castration (2)/ Radical prostatectomy (4) | 6 |
| Radiation | 4 |
| No longer being actively treated | 4 |
| Level of education | |
| Nil | 8 |
| Primary | 5 |
| Secondary | 2 |
| Tertiary | 8 |
| Occupation | |
| Nil | 3 |
| Teacher | 1 |
| Farmers | 3 |
| Retired (both mandatory & voluntary) | 8 |
| Traders | 4 |
| Priest | 1 |
| Artisans | 3 |
| Family caregivers | (N =23) |
| Relationship to patient | |
| Wife/spouse | 10 |
| Child/Children | 9 |
| Mother | 2 |
| Sibling | 2 |
| Years of experience working as a caregiver | |
| <1 (less than 1) | 12 |
| 1–2 | 7 |
| 3–4 | 3 |
| 5+ | 1 |
1.
some of the men received more than one treatment.