Experiences of the older spousal caregivers of patients with cancer during palliative chemotherapy: a qualitative descriptive study

Table 1 Participants’ demographic characteristics

	Age (Y)	Sex	Relationship to patient	Length of caregiving period	Chronic health problems	Patient age (Y)	Interview time (M)
A	60s	Male	Husband	22 months	Lung cancer Oral cancer	60s	18
B	70s	Female	Wife	7 months	Low back pain Bladder cancer	60s	27
C	70s	Female	Wife	7 months	Low back pain Gonalgia	70s	30
D	60s	Female	Wife	32 months	Cataract	60s	35
E	70s	Female	Wife	25 months	Hyperlipidemia Uterine cancer	70s	60
F	70s	Female	Wife	48 months	Low back pain Uterine cancer	70s	47
G	60s	Female	Wife	9 months	Hyperlipidemia Gonalgia	70s	45
H	70s	Male	Husband	13 months	Hyperlipidemia Cataract	70s	44
I	70s	Male	Husband	36 months	Hypertension Prostatic hypertrophy	60s	52
J	60s	Male	Husband	15 months	Arrhythmia	60s	30

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