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. 2021 Oct 14;18(20):10801. doi: 10.3390/ijerph182010801

Table 1.

Demographic characteristics of patients and family participants in the telehealth-based family conferences.

Characteristic No. (%)
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.