Loss of friendship following traumatic brain injury: A model grounded in the experience of adults with severe injury

Figures & data

Figure 1. Mixed methods research design.

Table 1. Descriptive statistics for demographic variables, quality of life social support and mood measures.

Variable	Mean	Std deviation	Range
Age at assessment (years) (n = 23)	36.96	10.29	19–55
TPI (years) (n = 23)	10.40	4.75	2–20
Friends (total nominated incl family & paid carers) (n = 23)	3.35	2.19	0–7
Friends (total nominated excl family & paid carers) (n = 23)	1.52	1.38	0–4
Quality of Life (global rating) (n = 23)	6.98	2.31	0–10
Depression (NFI subscale, raw score) (n = 19)	33.90	13.35	15–63
Strong-tie Support (IESSS subscale, raw score) (n = 21)	8.43	4.48	3–15

Table 2. Pearson correlation coefficients and shared variance between number of friends, quality of life (QOL), depression and strong-tie support.

Number of friends	QOL		Depression		Strong-tie support
	r	%	r	%	r	%
Total incl family and paid carers	.39*	15.21	−.61*	37.21	−.42*	17.64
Total excl. family and paid carers	.23	5.29	−.45*	20.25	−.26	6.76

* p < .05.

Figure 2. The experience of friendship following severe TBI.

Figure 3. Integrated quantitative and qualitative findings.