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Table 2 Participants’ characteristics (N = 21)*

From: How hepatitis C patients manage the treatment process of pegylated interferon and ribavirin therapy: a qualitative study

Participant

Education

Living with family

Marital status

Employed

Treatment duration, months

1

Junior high school

Yes

Divorced

No

12

2

University

Yes

Married

No

6

3

Junior high school

Yes

Widowed

No

12

4

Junior high school

Yes

Married

No

12

5

Primary school

Yes

Married

No

12

6

Senior high school

Yes

Married

No

6

7

Primary school

Yes

Widowed

No

12

8

Primary school

Yes

Married

Yes

6

9

University

Yes

Married

Yes

12

10

Uneducated

Yes

Widowed

No

6

11

Primary school

Yes

Widowed

No

6

12

University

Solitary

Unmarried

Yes

6

13

University

Yes

Married

Yes

6

14

Primary school

Solitary

Widowed

Yes

6

15

Primary school

Yes

Married

No

12

16

Primary school

Yes

Married

No

6

17

Uneducated

Yes

Married

No

6

18

Primary school

Yes

Married

No

6

19

Primary school

Yes

Widowed

No

12

20

University

Yes

Married

Yes

6

21

Junior high school

Yes

Married

Yes

12

  1. *Participants =13 females, 8 males; ages ranged from 35–83 years (mean = 60.86; SD = 11.47)