Participants’ characteristics
| Patients | Caregivers | Healthcare providers | ||
| Gender % (n) | ||||
| Women Men | 69 (25) 31 (11) | 67 (18) 33 (9) | 64 (21) 36 (12) | |
| Mean age (min‒max) | ||||
| Age | 54 (20–73) | 50 (25‒71) | 40 (28‒65) | |
| Marital status % (n) | ||||
| Single Married/cohabitating Divorced Widow | 31 (11) 46 (16) 20 (7) 3 (1) | 30 (8) 56 (15) 7 (2) 7 (2) | NA NA NA NA | |
| Education % (n) | Medical specialty % (n) | |||
| Primary school Secondary school first level Secondary school second level Degree | 3 (1) 22 (8) 47 (17) 28 (10) | 4 (1) 18 (5) 41 (11) 37 (10) | Psychiatry Specialising in psychiatry Mental health Psychologist | 64 (21) 27 (9) 6 (2) 3 (1) |
| Occupation % (n) | Institution % (n) | |||
| Employed Free-lance Unemployed Student Retired Homemaker Other* | 25 (9) 14 (5) 19 (7) 6 (2) 25 (9) 3 (1) 8 (3) | 59 (16) 8 (2) 0 (0) 0 (0) 26 (7) 7 (2) 0 (0) | University hospital Hospital Local health authority Free-lance | 40 (13) 40 (13) 20 (7) 0 (0) |
*Apprentice, occasionally employed, waiting for layoffs.
NA, not applicable.