Table 2.

Sample sociodemographic and clinical characteristics

Characteristics	Patients (n=16)	Caregivers (n=14)
Age in years, mean±SD	60.1±14.4	53.6±11.2
Gender—female, n (%)	6 (37.5)	10 (71.4)
Ethnicity (%)
Chinese	81.3	85.7
Malay	12.5	7.1
Indian	0	7.1
Others	6.3	0
Educational attainment (%)
Primary school	6.3	0
Secondary school	56.3	35.7
Polytechnic diploma	12.5	7.1
Graduate degree	18.8	35.7
Postgraduate degree	6.3	14.3
Other	0	7.1
Employment status (%)
Employed full time	31.3	64.3
Employed half-time	6.3	7.1
Retired	56.3	7.1
Homemaker	0	21.4
Missing data	6.3	0
Monthly personal income (%)
Below $2500	18.8	7.1
$2500–$4999	18.8	21.4
$5000–$7500	6.3	21.4
Above $7500	6.3	21.4
N/A (retired or homemaker)	50.0	28.6
Relationship status (%)
Married	87.5	71.4
Divorced or widowed	6.3	7.1
Single	6.3	21.4
Relation to patient (%)
Spouse		35.7
Parent		7.1
Child		35.7
Sibling		14.3
Friend		7.1
Treatment type (%)
Chemotherapy only	81.3
Chemotherapy and radiotherapy	12.5
Chemotherapy and medication	6.3
Cancer type (%)
Colon	31.3
Lung	12.5
Lymphoma	12.5
Prostate	6.3
Pancreas	6.3
Stomach	6.3
Adrenal	6.3
Brain	6.3
Nose	6.3
Germ cell tumour	6.3
Cancer stage (%)
I	6.3
II	12.5
III	18.8
IV	62.5