Table 1 Demographic characteristics and overall health status of carer sample: reliability and validity testing
From: The Prostate Care Questionnaire for Carers (PCQ-C): reliability, validity and acceptability
Relationship to patient | N(%)i |
|---|---|
Wife/partner | 444 (86.4) |
Other relative | 13 (2.2) |
Friend | 2 (0.3) |
Other | 22 (3.7) |
Age (years) | Â |
< 54 | 68 (11.4) |
55-64 | 190 (31.9) |
65-74 | 225 (37.8) |
75+ | 96 (16.1) |
Overall health | Â |
Very good | 154 (25.9) |
Good | 280 (47.1) |
Fair | 118 (19.8) |
Poor | 18 (3.0) |
Very poor | 5 (0.8) |
Ethnicity | Â |
White British/Irish | 562 (94.5) |
South Asian | 3 (0.5) |
African/Caribbean | 5 (0.8) |
Other | 0 (0) |
Current situation | Â |
Employed | 136 (22.9) |
Retired | 388 (65.2) |
Other | 35 (5.9) |
Current or most recent occupation | Â |
Professional | 136 (22.9) |
Managerial | 51 (8.6) |
Clerical | 164 (27.6) |
Technical/craft | 7 (1.2) |
Manual/service | 82 (13.8) |