Table 1.

Participant characteristics (N = 41)

Characteristic	No. (%)	Median	Range
Socio-demographic
Age, years		44	24–66
Gender
Male	2 (5)
Female	39 (95)
Have their own children
No	12 (29)
Yes	29 (71)
Practice
Years in oncology social work		17	1–41
Practice settinga
Academic medical center	17 (43)
Hospital-owned practice	15 (38)
Private practice	1 (3)
Hospice	4 (10)
Other	2 (5)
Not currently practicing clinical care	1 (3)
Self-reported number of parents with advanced cancer cared for per month
0	0 (0)
1–5	23 (61)
6+	15 (40)
Prior training received about the parenting needs of parents with cancer (hours)		0	0–50
Years of experience providing care to parents with advanced cancer		8	0–30

^aN = 40.