Table 1: Characteristics of included studies (continued) Bibliographic Location Sample ABI Aim/Research Question Method Information Country Characteristics Type of injury Data collection Setting Sample size Time since injury Data analysis Gender ratio Age range Gracey, F. et al., England n = 32 Mixed ABI ‘The aim of this study is to find Structured facilitated group (2008) out the salient patterns of discussions of 1 hour (2-5 Inpatient 23 male: 9 female 1 – 10 years engaged in by participants) rehabilitation individuals when making sense of 21 – 59 years changes after brain injury’ (p632) Personal constructs elicited (‘in vivo’ data reduction) and thematic analysis Hoogerdijk, B., Netherlands n = 4 TBI ‘How do individuals with 2 interviews 50mins – 90mins Runge, U., & traumatic brain injury make sense Haugboelle, J. (2011) Community 3 male: 1 female 20 – 27 months of their adaptation process and Polkinghorne’s narrative the performance of occupations analysis 33 – 61 years within this process? This study aimed to understand how individuals valued the performance of everyday life activities within their adaptation process and how those occupational experiences influenced the adaptation process’ (p123)
Table 1: Characteristics of included studies (continued) Bibliographic Information Location Country Setting Sample Characteristics Sample size Gender ratio Age range ABI Type of injury Time since injury Aim/Research Question Method Data collection Data analysis Gracey, F. et al., (2008) England Inpatient rehabilitation n = 32 23 male: 9 female 21 – 59 years Mixed ABI 1 – 10 years ‘The aim of this study is to find out the salient patterns of engaged in by individuals when making sense of changes after brain injury’ (p632) Structured facilitated group discussions of 1 hour (2-5 participants) Personal constructs elicited (‘in vivo’ data reduction) and thematic analysis Hoogerdijk, B., Runge, U., & Haugboelle, J. (2011) Netherlands Community n = 4 3 male: 1 female 33 – 61 years TBI 20 – 27 months ‘How do individuals with traumatic brain injury make sense of their adaptation process and the performance of occupations within this process? This study aimed to understand how individuals valued the performance of everyday life activities within their adaptation process and how those occupational experiences influenced the adaptation process’ (p123) 2 interviews 50mins – 90mins Polkinghorne’s narrative analysis
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