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Table 3 Details on caregiver and health care provider study participants

From: Identifying and understanding the health and social care needs of Indigenous older adults with multiple chronic conditions and their caregivers: a scoping review

Health care provider (hcp) characteristics

First Author and Year Published

Type of provider

Years of Experience

Other

Aspin et al. (2012) [2]

HCP not included/not applicable

Bell et al. (2015) [26]

Specialty: Aged Care

6 months to 20 years

 

Browne et al. (2014) [27]

HCP not included/not applicable

Davis (2010) [3]

Two nursing faculty, a health care manager, a clinic outreach worker, and a Native Hawaiian healer.

NR

40 to 60 years of age. All Native Hawai’ian and living in Hawai’i. One had a high school diploma, one an associate’s degree, and three had graduate degrees.

Habjan et al. (2012) [9]

Community health representatives, home and community care coordinators, long-term care coordinators, home support workers, community wellness workers, nurses, homemakers, health directors, and diabetes educators.

NR

 

Lowell et al. (2012) [28]

Community Health staff

NR

There were 8 non-Yolngu health staff interviewed. None of the nursing, medical, or allied health staff share a common cultural understanding with their Yolngu clients. In addition to the language barriers between health staff and Yolngu clients, there is also a high turnover rate of Balanda health staff.

Schure et al. (2015) [6]

HCP not included/not applicable

Ward et al. (2011) [8]

HCP not included/not applicable

Waugh et al. (2011)

HCP not included/not applicable

CAREGIVER (CG) CHARACTERISTICS

First Author and Year Published

Age

% Female

Relationship to Patient

Education

Health

Other

Aspin et al. (2012) [2]

CG not included/not applicable

Bell et al. (2015) [26]

CG not included/not applicable

Browne et al. (2014) [27]

38–77 years, mean 57

65%

The study reports the incidence of ‘ohana members caring for parents (8), a spouse (7), sibling (2), uncle (1), grandparent (1) or cousin (1).

11 had completed high school, and 6 had some college.

Not reported

Caregivers report that they provide care anywhere between 2 to 24 h a day. Most often, they are assisting elders with shopping, visiting the doctor’s office, household chores (cleaning, cooking) and other personal tasks (bathing, medications and paying bills). Providing care for an average of 7 years (ranging from 3 to 10 years), almost half of the ‘ohana caregivers (7/16) were caring for multiple elders at the same time.

Davis (2010) [3]

CG not included/not applicable

Habjan et al. (2012) [9]

CG were included in the study but it was not clarified.

NR

NR

NR

NR

NR

Lowell et al. (2012) [28]

NR

NR

NR

Oral English competence ranges from high-to-minimal, and literacy in any language is often limited in this predominantly oral culture

NR

NR

Schure et al. (2015) [6]

CG not included/not applicable

Ward et al. (2011) [8]

CG were included in the study but it was not clarified.

NR

Family Member

NR

NR

NR

Waugh et al. (2011) [1]

CG not included/not applicable

  1. NR Not reported, − = not applicable