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Table 1 Participant’s information of relatives with a SUD

From: “I can’t live like that”: the experience of caregiver stress of caring for a relative with substance use disorder

Participant

Age

Gender

Person with Addiction

PA.001

44

Female

Sister addicted to opiated for more than 5 years

PA.002

56

Female

Brother is addicted to alcohol and a history of cocaine use.

PA.003

48

Female

Dependents are addicted to methamphetamine.

PA.004

57

Female

Daughter who is addicted to methamphetamine.

PA.005

57

Female

Children are addicted to substances- methamphetamine. Cares for her grandchildren because the daughter is unable to.

PA.006

28

Male

Sisters and father are addicted to drugs and alcohol. One sister has HIV, Hep C, TB, and diabetes.

PA.007

27

Female

Sister is addicted to methamphetamine for 13 years; brother struggles with alcohol, and the mother is addicted to opiates and gambling.

PA.008

50

Female

Two brothers are addicted to alcohol and drugs and have Hepatitis C. Ex-husband was addicted to alcohol.

PA.009

37

Female

Father struggles with alcohol addiction.

PA.010

50

Male

Ex-wife’s father struggles with alcohol addiction

PA.011

54

Male

Two sons are addicted to alcohol and drugs and also suffer from HIV.

PA.012

45

Female

Stepfather is addicted to alcohol

PA.013

63

Female

Son is addicted to alcohol and methamphetamine.

PA.014

37

Female

Father is addicted to alcohol

PA.015

38

Female

Brother is addicted to alcohol and used cocaine and methamphetamine.

PA.016

 

Female

Father is addicted to alcohol, and her mother died from a methadone overdose.

PA.017

72

Male

Daughter is addicted to alcohol; grandson, 22 struggles with alcohol addiction.

PA.018

 

Male

Father was addicted to cocaine for more than 10 years.

PA.019

22

Female

Brother is addicted to alcohol and cocaine.

PA.020

62

Female

Daughter and boyfriend are addicted to drugs

PA.021

35

Female

Three sisters are addicted to alcohol