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Table 2 Caregiver characteristics at baseline and their bereavement outcomes at 8 weeks after patient’s death

From: A prospective cohort study assessing aggressive interventions at the end-of-life among patients with solid metastatic cancer

 

N = 127

Mean (SD)

Caregiver characteristics

 Age

48.2 (14.8)

 Male

48 (37.8)

Relationship with patient (Patient is my …), n(%)

 Spouse

54 (42.5)

 Parent

53 (41.7)

 Others

20 (15.7)

Bereavement outcomes: Caregiver reported

 Regret about end-of-life care (Range: 0–10)

3.6 (3.2)

 Feeling of preparedness (Range: 0–10)

6.3 (3.0)

 Mood in the last week (Range: 0–10)

3.4 (2.6)