Table 1 Characteristics of study participants (n = 41) and interviews.

From: A qualitative study exploring the process of postmortem brain tissue donation after suicide

ID

Gender

Age

Interview format

Kinship to deceased

Family decision

1

Male

84

Face-to-face

Grandfather

Consented

2

Female

63

Face-to-face

Wife

Declined

3

Female

31

Face-to-face

Daughter

Declined

4

Female

34

Face-to-face

Daughter

Declined

5

Female

38

Telephone

Friend

Consented

6

Female

53

Face-to-face

Sister

Consented

7

Female

52

Face-to-face

Wife

Consented

8

Male

45

Face-to-face

Husband

Consented

9

Female

63

Face-to-face

Wife

Consented

10

Male

61

Telephone

Son

Consented

11

Female

32

Telephone

Granddaughter

Consented

12

Male

50

Telephone

Brother

Consented

13

Female

32

Face-to-face

Daughter-in-law

Declined

14

Male

55

Telephone

Father

Consented

15

Female

29

Telephone

Granddaughter

Consented

16

Female

47

Telephone

Niece

Consented

17

Female

59

Telephone

Mother

Consented

18

Male

42

Telephone

Brother

Consented

19

Male

39

Telephone

Ex- husband

Consented

20

Female

39

Face-to-face

Daughter

Declined

21

Male

43

Face-to-face

Son-in-law

Declined

22

Female

29

Face-to-face

Sister

Consented

23

Female

28

Face-to-face

Cousin

Consented

24

Female

47

Face-to-face

Aunt

Consented

25

Female

33

Telephone

Daughter-in-law

Consented

26

Female

46

Telephone

Sister

Declined

27

Female

30

Telephone

Daughter

Consented

28

Female

34

Telephone

Wife

Declined

29

Male

58

Face-to-face

Father

Consented

30

Female

18

Face-to-face

Sister

Consented

31

Female

50

Face-to-face

Sister

Consented

32

Female

47

Telephone

Wife

Consented

33

Male

60

Face-to-face

Father

Consented

34

Female

33

Face-to-face

Niece

Consented

35

Female

45

Face-to-face

Wife

Consented

36

Male

56

Face-to-face

Father

Consented

37

Female

45

Face-to-face

Stepmother

Consented

38

Female

56

Face-to-face

Wife

Consented

39

Female

50

Telephone

Mother-in-law

Consented

40

Male

50

Telephone

Brother

Consented

41

Female

25

Telephone

Granddaughter

Declined