“Your brain can’t wait”: perspectives of children and adolescents with acquired brain injury and their parents on physical rehabilitation during the subacute phase

Figures & data

Figure 1. Schematic representation of data-analysis.

Two parallel paths including initial coding, axial coding and defining subthemes for both child and parent interviews. Both paths comes together in a box overarching themes.

Table 1. Characteristics of participants.

Childeren and adolescents (n = 13)
Sex	n
Male	6 (46%)
Female	7 (54%)
Age at commencement of rehabilitation	n
6-9 years	3 (23%)
10-13 years	4 (31%)
14-18 years	6 (46%)
Range	6-18
Average (SD)	12.8 (3.8)
Median	13
Age during interviews	n
6-9 years	1 (7%)
10-13 years	4 (31%)
14-21 years	8 (62%)
Range	8-21
Average (SD)	15.5 (4.1)
Median	17
Time post-rehabilitation *
Range	4-35 months
Average (SD)	24,8 months (10,8)
Median	29,8 months
Diagnosis	n
Traumatic brain injury	5 (38%)
Non traumatic brain injury	8 (62%)
Parents (n = 21)
Families (n = 13)	N
Father	8 (38%)
Mother	13 (62%)

* time between discharge rehabilitation and interview.

SD = standard deviation.

n = number.

Figure 2. Overview of themes and subthemes.

A three-column scheme with in the left column subthemes from parent interviews, in the right column subthemes from child interviews and in the centre the overarching main themes.