The experience of traumatic brain injury in a culturally and linguistically diverse sample in Australia

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Table 1. Participant characteristics.

P	Age	Sex	Years post-injury	Injury severity	Country of birth	Years lived in Australia	Language spoken at home	Religion
1	43	F	2.5	Severe	Japan	18	English	None
2	26	M	3	Severe	India	4	Punjabi	None
3	31	M	10	Severe	India	11	Hindi	Christian
4	31	F	2	Severe	Vietnam	6	English	None
5	28	F	2	Severe	Ethiopia	2	English	Christian
6	74	F	20	Moderate	Italy	69	Italian	None
7	34	M	13	Severe	Turkey	33	Turkish	None
8	20	M	2	Severe	China	5	Mandarin	None
9	60	M	7	Severe	South Africa	34	English	Hinduism
10	40	M	8	Severe	Thailand	14	English	Buddhism
11	29	M	8	Severe	Pakistan	10	Urdu	Islam
12	35	F	6	Severe	India	7	English	Hinduism
13	35	M	11	Severe	Nepal	12	Nepali	Hinduism
14	55	M	3	Severe	Sri Lanka	29	English	None
15	36	M	11	Severe	Mauritius	33	English	Catholic

F: Female; M: Male; Injury severity according to post-traumatic amnesia (PTA) indices: PTA 1–7 days = moderate, PTA > 7 days = severe; Years lived in Australia at time of interview.

Figure 1. Thematic map of interrelationships between key themes and subthemes.

A central circle titled ‘the experience of TBI’ is surrounded by nine-themes. Each theme is connected to two other themes via a line on either side. The theme ‘Importance of External Support’ is connected to ‘Importance of Family Support’ which connects to ‘Cultural Background’, which connects to ‘Communication’ and ‘Personal Values and Beliefs’, which connects to ‘Stigma’, which connects to ‘Injury Impacts’, which connects to ‘Being Independent’, which connects to ‘Valuing the Australian Healthcare System’, which connects back to ‘Importance of External Support’. Sub-themes appear in colored circles and are grouped within a square under their respective theme.