Characteristic | No. (%) of participants* | ||
---|---|---|---|
Patients n = 18 | Caregivers n = 7 | Health care providers n = 5 | |
Gender | |||
Female | 10 (56) | 6 (86) | 5 (100) |
Male | 8 (44) | 1 (14) | 0 (0) |
Age category, yr | |||
20–30 | 0 (0) | 1 (14) | 1 (20) |
31–40 | 2 (11) | 0 (0) | 1 (20) |
41–50 | 3 (17) | 2 (29) | 2 (40) |
51–60 | 5 (28) | 1 (14) | 0 (0) |
61–70 | 4 (22) | 2 (29) | 1 (20) |
71–80 | 1 (6) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
81–90 | 3 (17) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
Not disclosed | 0 (0) | 1 (14) | |
Age, yr, mean | 60.5 | 50.8 | 43.6 |
Highest level of education | |||
High school | 2 (11) | 1 (14) | 0 (0) |
College/university | 13 (72) | 4 (57) | 2 (40) |
Master’s degree/ doctorate | 3 (17) | 1 (14) | 3 (60) |
Not disclosed | 0 (0) | 1 (14) | |
Ethnicity | |||
White | 11 (61) | 4 (57) | 2 (40) |
Black | 1 (6) | 0 (0) | 1 (20) |
Asian | 3 (17) | 1 (14) | 1 (20) |
Middle Eastern | 1 (6) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
Central American | 0 (0) | 1 (14) | 0 (0) |
European | 2 (11) | 1 (14) | 1 (20) |
Type of health care provider | |||
Neurosurgery resident | – | – | 1 (20) |
Medical administrative assistant | – | – | 1 (20) |
Nurse practitioner | – | – | 1 (20) |
Physiotherapist | – | – | 1 (20) |
International medical graduate | – | – | 1 (20) |
↵* Except where noted otherwise.