Table 1.
Demographic characteristics of patients and family participants in the telehealth-based family conferences.
Characteristic | No. (%) |
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Patient’s baseline characteristics | |
Age, (mean ± SD) | 72.9 ± 14.3 |
Marital status | |
Married | 19 (76%) |
Single | 4 (16%) |
Widowed | 2 (8%) |
Education | |
Illiterate | 2 (8%) |
Elementary school | 7 (28%) |
Junior high school | 5 (20%) |
High school | 4 (16%) |
Bachelor | 6 (24%) |
Master or PhD | 1 (4%) |
ECOG | |
1 | 0 (0%) |
2 | 1 (4%) |
3 | 9 (36%) |
4 | 15 (60%) |
Whether the patient participates in family conference | |
Yes | 16 (64%) |
No | 9 (36%) |
Family participants’ characteristics | |
The number of participants (mean ± SD) | 3.52 ± 1.42 |
The representative primary family caregiver’s relationship to the patient | |
Parents | 1 (4%) |
Spouse | 7 (28%) |
Daughter/Son | 11 (44%) |
Sibling | 3 (12%) |
Others | 3 (12%) |
ECOG: Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group, SD: standard deviation.