Table 2.
Patient details
| Types of participants |
Recruitment setting |
Patients interviewed |
Age patient |
Gender patient |
Number and relation of patients' carers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patients with cancer | Outpatient clinic | 10 | Range: 52-84 Median: 65 |
5 women 5 men |
3 spouses 1 daughter |
| Patients with COPD | Outpatient clinic, service users meetings, and community |
18 | Range: 52-78 Median: 69 |
9 women 5 men |
6 spouses 1 daughter 1 sister |
| Patients with cardiac failure |
Outpatient clinic | 10 | Range: 61-80 Median: 69 |
3 women 7 men |
3 spouses |
| MND patients | Outpatient clinic | 10 | Range: 24-77 Median: 42 |
1 woman 9 men |
8 spouses 1 mother |