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Table 3 Patent-caregiver-physician triads

From: A qualitative descriptive study on the alignment of care goals between older persons with multi-morbidities, their family physicians and informal caregivers

Patient

Age in years

Sex

Number of reported health conditions*

Caregiver relationship to patient

Caregiver age in years

Physician

Patient 1

86

Male

1

Wife

77

A

Patient 2

79

Male

5

Wife

77

A

Patient 3

79

Female

4

Daughter

53

A

Patient 4

91

Female

4

Daughter

59

A

Patient 5

77

Male

3

Wife

74

A

Patient 6

85

Female

6

Daughter

56

B

Patient 7

77

Female

12

Husband

80

C

Patient 8

82

Male

7

Wife

77

C

Patient 9

70

Female

5

Sister

75

C

Patient 10

88

Female

2

Friend

80

C

Patient 11

83

Female

2

Daughter

50

A

Patient 12

68

Male

2

Wife

68

A

Patient 13

79

Male

4

Wife

58

D

Patient 14

85

Male

2

Wife

91

D

Patient 15

84

Male

3

Wife

84

D

Patient 16

75

Female

8

Husband

73

D

Patient 17

93

Female

5

Daughter

58

D

Patient 18

91

Female

4

Son

62

C

Patient 19

88

Male

1

Wife

88

A

Patient 20

80

Male

4

Wife

74

A

Patient 21

67

Male

4

Wife

65

A

Patient 22

73

Female

5

Husband

77

A

Patient 23

81

Female

6

Husband

71

A

Patient 24

83

Male

5

Wife

79

D

Patient 25

87

Male

8

Wife

87

D

Patient 26

94

Male

4

Daughter

61

B

Patient 27

96

Male

8

Daughter

63

D

Patient 28

84

Male

5

Daughter

58

B

  1. * Although patients with more than one health condition were identified by physicians or administrators, two of the patients only reported one health problem during the interview.