Sensory hypersensitivity after acquired brain injury: the patient perspective

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Table 1. Characteristics of ABI patients (n = 18).

P	Gender	Age	Type ABI	Level of Education^a	Follow up time after ABI diagnosis in months
1	F	60	Stroke	6	18
2	F	38	TBI	6	27
3	M	41	TBI	6	12
4	M	44	Stroke	5	5
5	M	49	TBI	6	7
6	F	35	Stroke	5	15
7	M	77	Brain tumour	4	5
8	F	40	Stroke	5	54
9	F	30	TBI	6	10
10	M	62	Stroke	5	4
11	M	35	Brain tumour	7	10
12	M	51	Brain tumour	5	52
13	F	61	Brain tumour	6	10
14	M	52	Stroke	5	14
15	F	50	TBI	6	24
16	F	49	Brain tumour	6	152
17	M	48	TBI	7	77
18	F	43	Brain tumour	6	11

Note. aTo rank for the academic levels, the Dutch Verhage scale [21] was used (1 = less than primary school, 7 = university).

Figure 1. Thematic map of sensory hypersensitivity in patients with ABI.

The themes that generated from the data are shown in a thematic map. The map shows the six themes (definition of sensory hypersensitivity, type of sensory stimuli, course, fatigue, consequences of sensory hypersensitivity, coping strategies) and subthemes.

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