How can the general practitioner support adolescent children of ill or substance-abusing parents? A qualitative study among adolescents

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Table 1. Participants’ characteristics.

Group Nr	Parent´s problem	Participants girls/boys	Age (years)	Having parents living together	Live now with ill parent^a
1	Substance abuse	4/1	16-17	0	3 (2 part-time)
2	Mental illness	4/1	16-18	1	1 (1 foster care)
3	Cancer	4/1	17-25	0	0 (all ill parents dead)

^a Many participants do not live with their ill parent now, but they told about experiences in the period when they still were living with them.

Table 2. Process of analysis.