Associations between informal care costs, care quality, carer rewards, burden and subsequent grief: the international, access, rights and empowerment mortality follow-back study of the last 3 months of life (IARE I study)

Table 2 Number (percentage) of patients in the last 3 months of life who received informal care (IC) support according to main categories in the CSRI questionnaire, and the mean (SD) hours provided per week provided by ICrs for each of these activities

Notes: The questions used in the questionnaires were as follows: Did you and other friends or family help with (1) personal care? (e.g. washing, dressing), (2) medical procedures? (e.g. taking medicines), (3) going to appointments or treatments?, (4) household tasks? (e.g. shopping, cooking), (5) time spent on call (i.e. being with her/him if needed) and (6) time spent with her/him (e.g. visiting, doing things together)

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