Appendix 6. Numbers and Demographic Breakdown of Interviews
Numbers
Individual interviews with written
questionnaire (30 to 60 minutes)
| |
Dialysis |
Oncology Hematology |
Pre-Op Centre |
Other (CLSC) |
TOTAL |
| Patients |
19 |
8 |
8 |
|
35 |
| Caregivers |
1 |
4 |
5 |
|
10 |
| Support
Staff1 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
|
6 |
| Health Care
Workers2 |
4 |
3 |
4 |
4 |
15 |
1Support staff included
one patient attendant, one dialysis technician, one head secretary, one clinic
coordinator, one admitting officer and one interpreter. We chose support staff
members who have a lot of contact with patients and families.
2Health care workers included 10 nurses, 2 dietitians, 2 social
worders, and 1 pharmacist. Of the 4 CLSC worders, two were from CLSC
Côte-des-Neiges, and two from CLSC Metro Guy.
CLSC informants
The
two CLSCs (Metro Guy and Côte-des-Neiges) were interested in our study
and very cooperative. They wish to collaborate further on the issue of patient
education in the future. CLSC Côte-des-Neiges includes a large research
centre specializing in the health of ethno-cultural communities. We were able
to interview a Cree interpreter.
Gender
Gender breakdown of participants
| |
Patients1 |
Caregivers2 |
Support Staff |
Health Care Workers |
| Male |
23 (66%) |
D---12 |
5 (50%) |
4 (66%) |
2 (13%) |
| O---6 |
| P---5 |
| Female |
12 (34%) |
D---7 |
5 (50%) |
2 (34%) |
13 (87%) |
| O---2 |
| P---3 |
1This column shows the
breakdown of male and female patients across the three hospital units: D =
Dialysis; O = Oncology Hematology; P = Pre-op Centre.
2 Of the
10 caregivers, 5 were male (of these, two were husbands and three sons of
patients) and 5 female (including four spouses and one patient's
daughter).
Average age
Age breakdown of participants
| |
Patients1 |
Caregivers2 |
Support Staff |
Health Care Workers |
| Average
Age |
63 |
D-63 |
55.5 |
S-71 |
31.5 |
38 |
| O-7 |
C-40 |
| P-60 |
1 This column shows the
average age of patients in each hospital unit: D = Dialysis; O = Oncology
Hematology; P = Pre-op Centre.
2 This column shows the average
age of all of the caregivers (55.5 years), and the average age when divided
into two groups: S = Spouses; C = Children of patients.
The average age of the patients interviewed is
quite high (63). This reflects the fact that there is a higher proportion of
hard-to-reach patients among seniors. It also reflects a high average age for
all patients in the Dialysis and Oncology Hematology Units. The average age of
all Dialysis patients was 6111. The average age of a sample of 37 Oncology
Hematology patients was also 6112 Support staff and health care workers are, by
contrast, relatively young.
First languages
Patients in all units: 35
| |
English |
French |
Other |
| Dialysis |
7 (37%) |
3 (16%) |
9 (47%) |
| Oncology Hematology |
2 (25%) |
1 (12.5%) |
5 (62.5%) |
| Pre-Op Centre |
2 (25%) |
2 (25%) |
4 (50%) |
| TOTAL |
11 (31%) |
6 (17%) |
18 (51%) |
Other first languages: 18 patients
| |
Italian |
Greek |
Spanish |
Cree |
Other |
| Dialysis |
2 |
|
3 |
1 |
Hindi
1 |
| Filipino
1 |
| Arabic
1 |
| Oncology Hematology |
2 |
2 |
|
|
Hungarian
1 |
| Pre-Op
Centre |
|
1 |
|
1 |
Cantonese
1 |
| Persian
1 |
| TOTAL |
4 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
6 |
Caregivers (10), support staff (6), and
health care workers (15)
| |
English |
French |
Other |
| Caregivers |
4 (40%) |
|
6 (60%) |
Italian 3 |
| Hungarian 1 |
| Bengali 1 |
| Punjabi 1 |
| Support
Staff |
3 (50%) |
1 (17%) |
1 (17%) |
Cree 1 |
| Bilingual 1
(17%) |
| Health Care
Workers |
6 (40%) |
6 (40%) |
3 (20%) |
Chinese 1 |
| Spanish 1 |
| Vietnamese 1 |
Employment status of patients
Patients in all units: 35
| |
Retired |
Don't Work/ Stay Home |
Disability |
Work Outside Home
1 |
Other (N/A) |
| # of Patients |
20 (59%) |
8 (23%) |
5 (15%) |
2 (6%) |
1 (3%) |
1Of the two patients who
work, one works full-time, the other part-time.
The large majority of patients are not working outside the
home. They are either retired, at home or on disability. This reflects the
facts that informants were elderly (average age of 63) and that many of them
were very sick (54% on dialysis) and could not work.
|