Table 2 Socio-demographic variables, patients, and relatives
Sample characteristics | Â | Â |
|---|---|---|
Parameters | Patients and relatives (n = 68) | Physicians (n = 39) |
Sex | ||
 Male | 23 | 23 |
 Female | 45 | 16 |
Age | ||
 Average | 51 | 46 |
 Maximum/Minimum | 85/18 |  |
Educational qualification | ||
 Abitur/A-levels | 13 |  |
 Secondary education | 19 |  |
 Technical collage/University | 19 | 39 |
 Advanced technical college degree | 12 |  |
 Secondary modern school qualification | 5 |  |
Age at diagnosis | ||
 Average | 34 |  |
 Maximum/Minimum | 74/0 |  |
Disease severity | ||
 No specification | 4 |  |
 Low | 8 |  |
 Medium | 28 |  |
 Severe | 28 |  |
Profession | ||
 Employed | 31 | 39 |
 Housewife/Houseman | 2 |  |
 Unemployable/Special circumstance | 15 |  |
 Student/Scholar | 2 |  |
 Pensioner | 18 |  |