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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Support Care Cancer. 2021 Sep 21;30(2):1597–1605. doi: 10.1007/s00520-021-06544-8

Table 2.

Caregiver Support Activities Over time

T1 T2 T3 T4 T5 Chi-sq, p
Unsupported Primary N = 60 N = 53 N = 49 N = 47 N = 44
Supported Primary N = 111 N = 102 N = 93 N = 88 N = 83
N (%) N (%) N (%) N (%) N (%)
Treatment-related Caregiving
Attendance at MD Appointments
Unsupported Primary 47 (78.3) 33 (62.3) 23 (46.9) 19 (40.4) 16 (36.4) 25.7, .0001
Supported Primary 89 (80.2) 69 (67.6) 49 (52.7) 40 (45.4) 29 (35.0) 51.1, .0001
Secondary 30 (17.5) 30 (19.3) 18 (12.7) 12 (8.9) 5 (3.9) 19.9, .0005
Treatment/medical Advice
Unsupported Primary 4 (6.7) 6 (11.3) 2 (4.1) 1 (2.1) 0 (0.0) 7.8, .09
Supported Primary 13 (11.7) 10 (9.8) 5 (5.4) 2 (2.3) 4 (4.8) 8.9, .06
Secondary 18 (10.5) 4 (2.6) 1 (0.70) 1 (0.74) 0 (0.0) 38.5, .0001
Medical assistance tasks
Unsupported Primary 17 (28.3) 11 (20.7) 12 (24.5) 9 (19.1) 7 (15.9) 2.8, .59
Supported Primary 23 (20.7) 22 (21.6) 10 (10.7) 9 (10.2) 9 (10.8) 10.1, .04
Secondary 2 (1.2) 5 (3.2) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 12.4, .0001
Medication/Treatment Reminders
Unsupported Primary 20 (33.3) 18 (34.0) 15 (30.6) 12 (25.5) 8 (18.2) 4.0, .40
Supported Primary 35 (39.1) 32 (31.4) 20 (21.5) 19 (21.6) 15 (18.1) 10.8, .03
Secondary 1 (0.58) 4 (2.6) 4 (2.8) 3 (2.2) 2 (1.6) 2.7, .60
Advocating for the patient
Unsupported Primary 7 (11.7) 3 (5.7) 2 (4.1) 4 (8.5) 3 (6.8) 2.7, .61
Supported Primary 9 (9.9) 7 (6.9) 5 (5.4) 7 (7.9) 3 (3.6) 3.4, .48
Secondary 1 (0.58) 6 (3.9) 7 (4.9) 1 (0.74) 0 (0.0) 14.03, .007
Domestic-related Caregiving
Chores/Housework
Unsupported Primary 27 (45.0) 23 (43.4) 17 (34.7) 17 (36.2) 13 (29.6) 3.5, .47
Supported Primary 71 (64.0) 53 (52.0) 47 (50.5) 41 (46.6) 38 (45.8) 8.7, .06
Secondary 43 (25.1) 45 (29.0) 31 (21.8) 25 (18.5) 23 (18.1) 7.0, .14
Help ADL
Unsupported Primary 7 (11.7) 1 (1.9) 2 (4.1) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 13.7, .009
Supported Primary 12 (10.8) 7 (6.9) 3 (3.2) 3 (3.4) 2 (2.4) 9.3, .05
Secondary 4 (2.3) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 1.9, .75
Errands
Unsupported Primary 4 (6.7) 5 (9.4) 2 (6.1) 4 (8.5) 3 (6.8) 0.58, .96
Supported Primary 24 (21.6) 25 (24.5) 21 (22.6) 11 (12.5) 11 (13.2) 7.4, .12
Secondary 14 (8.2) 11 (7.1) 9 (6.3) 11 (8.1) 4 (3.15) 3.7, .45
Transportation
Unsupported Primary 26 (43.3) 19 (35.8) 12 (24.5) 9 (19.5) 7 (15.9) 13.6, .009
Supported Primary 55 (49.6) 46 (45.1) 27 (29.0) 24 (27.3) 13 (15.7) 32.4, .0001
Secondary 37 (21.6) 37 (23.9) 21 (14.8) 10 (7.4) 9 (7.1) 26.7, .0001
Socio-emotional Caregiving
Companionship
Unsupported Primary 7 (11.7) 6 (11.3) 6 (12.2) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 11.6, .02
Supported Primary 13 (11.7) 10 (9.8) 11 (11.8) 7 (8.0) 4 (4.8) 3.6, .46
Secondary 17 (9.9) 21 (20) 24 (16.9) 16 (11.8) 11 (8.7) 9.1, .06
Emotional Support
Unsupported Primary 33 (55.0) 28 (52.8) 19 (38.8) 18 (38.3) 15 (34.1) 7.5, .11
Supported Primary 58 (52.2) 47 (46.1) 53 (57.0) 44 (50.0) 40 (48.2) 2.7, .61
Secondary 40 (23.4) 52 (33.5) 44 (31.0) 41 (30.4) 34 (26.8) 4.9, .30
Less Support/Assist with returning to normal
Unsupported Primary 12 (22.6) 19 (38.8) 24 (51.1) 20 (45.5) 9.6, .02
Supported Primary 20 (19.6) 28 (30.0) 31 (35.2) 26 (31.3) 6.3, .10

Note: Bolded Primary caregiver means are significantly different for Unsupported v Supported Primary Caregivers