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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Feb 21.
Published in final edited form as: Brain Inj. 2016 Jul 28;30(11):1329–1342. doi: 10.1080/02699052.2016.1187288

Table II.

Themes and categories formed from topics introduced during conversation at 3 months post-injury.

Theme n Categories
Connecting outside rehabilitation 20 Focus on people outside of rehabilitation
Planning/discussing activities outside rehabilitation
Different ways of caring 19 Concern from COP
Completing tasks for PAR
Support and concern from friends
Impact of caring on COP
What is happening in rehabilitation? 19 Therapy
Visitors
Medical appointments/meetings
Daily activities
Managing weekend/day leave
Other patients
Early impacts and signs of recovery 19 Physical impacts
Non-physical impacts
Signs of recovery
Planning for re-engaging 12 Discharge from rehabilitation
Plans after rehabilitation

n, number of conversations in which the theme was present; COP, communication partner; PAR, participant with TBI.