Providing recovery support to wounded, injured, and sick UK military personnel throughout the COVID-19 pandemic

Figures & data

Figure 1. Paired WEMWBS scores of R-MAC participants pre-post course and paired data of those who completed the WEMWBS six months after.

Table 1. Qualitative analysis of open-ended responses from R-MAC participants who attended three months ago. They were asked, “What part of the reduced-multi-activity course had the greatest impact on you?”

Themes	Shared experience with other veterans (n = 25)	Discussing issues in a safe environment while receiving support from the staff (n = 15)	Developing knowledge around self-help/personal development (n = 14)	Physical activities (n = 6)	Environment (n = 2)	Could not choose (n = 1)	The activities facilitating meaningful discussions or thoughts around personal development (n = 4)	Respite (n = 1)
Codes	Social interaction, community, relatedness, like-minded, sense of belonging, companionship, friendship	1:1 support, coaching, support, approachable, safe environment	Gaining confidence, routine, positive mindset/thinking, coping skills, control, acceptance, pride, reflection, ability focused, emotional processing	Physical activity, teamwork, trying new things	Environment, non-judgmental, atmosphere	Everything	Activities, future planning, perspective, prioritization, talking, processing, well-being, speaking freely, opening up	Respite
Example quotes	“Bonding with others who are in the same situation as me” “Being around a group of people who all had their own issues felt supportive” “Meeting others in the same place as me and knowing I’m not on my own”	“Having an open place to speak freely and release some of the things that I was scared to talk about prior to the course” “The discussions surrounding where we are in our emotional recovery” “Talking about my challenges and taking ideas on how to overcome without being judged”	“Letting go of the past to get to the future” “Getting a chance to refocus and making steps towards a more positive outlook” “Learning how to be more positive about myself and my abilities”	“Introduced me to cycling which I haven’t really done since I was a teenager. I now regularly cycle 100 miles per week” “Doing the activities in general”	“The environment and relaxed atmosphere of the course” “Just being in the battle back environment”	“All of it”	“The golf coaching has changed my life” “ the introduction of well-being techniques was well mixed in with the sport side of things” “The morning walk, useful framing point to the day”	“Getting a break from work”

Table 2. Participant perceptions of how social distancing was managed during the R-MAC.

	Very well managed	Well managed	Neutral	Badly managed	Very badly managed	Total
During sports activities	71.38%	23.91%	4.04%	0.00%	0.67%	297
During classroom-based talks and presentations	75.43%	23.21%	0.68%	0.00%	0.68%	293
Completing the research surveys	75.09%	23.21%	1.02%	0.00%	0.68%	293
At mealtimes	77.13%	19.11%	2.73%	0.34%	0.68%	293

Data availability statement

Data available on request from the authors.