Table 1.

Participants' demographic details. Key: p/t: part-time; f/t: full-time; s/e: self-employed.

Name	Age	Marital status	Children	Rural/urban	Employment status before stroke	Months after stroke
Adam	48	Married	1 at primary school	Village	f/t site agent (construction industry)	9
Andrew	39	Single	None	Town	Long-term sick	5
Audrey	46	Divorced	1 daughter (aged 18) lives at home; 2 others married with children	Town	p/t voluntary work and “childminder” for grandchildren	5
Cathy	44	Separated	1 at secondary school; 1 aged 20; both at home	Town	f/t call centre operator	9
David	50	Divorced; remarried	2 children at university; both live with mother	Village	s/e retail manager	14
Gordon	43	Married	2 at secondary school	City	Long-term sick	22
Jim	45	Divorced	1 at secondary school; 1 doing apprenticeship; both live with mother	City	Long-term sick	7
Juliet	48	Divorced	1 daughter taking a “year out”	City	f/t human resources manager	5
Lorraine	37	Married	2 at primary school; 2 at secondary school	Town	p/t nurse	3
Norma	54	Married	2 adult children	Town	p/t machinist	5