The experience of families following traumatic brain injury in adult populations: A meta-synthesis of narrative structures

Editorial: Improving Wellbeing in Patients With Chronic Conditions: Theory, Evidence, and Opportunities

“…The Y-Shaped model of rehabilitation (Gracey et al, 2009) focuses intervention on the psychological and social discrepancies between the current and ideal "selves, " and moving forwards to identify and build on continuities in identity, as realized and experienced through the lived environment. A similar point is made in the narrative approach to identity adaptation following stroke or brain injury (Ellis-Hill et al, 2009;Whiffin et al, 2021). Moving beyond identity reconstruction, the article by Pérez-San-Gregorio et al reports on the capacity for people undergoing liver transplants to experience post-traumatic growth, an experience that is motivated by personal distress and a need to regain intrapsychic balance.…”

‘What’s next?’ The journey from hospital to community engagement from the perspectives of adults following severe acquired brain injury: a scoping review protocol

“…A process of critical appraisal will be completed using the Critical Appraisal Skills Programme 36 to assess the methodological rigour of the individual sources of evidence. Each paper will be classified as ‘Core, Central or Peripheral’, proposed by Whiffin and colleagues, 37 adapted from a strategy originally used by Duggleby and colleagues. 38 This classification will reflect the relevance of the included studies against the applicability to the original research question.…”

Qualitative health research in the fields of developmental medicine and child neurology

“…(2) processes associated with seeking, accessing, or using health care; (3) documentation of the health, wellness, illness, or disability experience; (4) exploration of the trajectories associated with recovery, rehabilitation, adaptation, or transition; (5) behaviours and experiences of care providers (both professional and informal); (6) values, ethics, education, professional practices of health care professionals (or students); (7) policy and program development; and (8) health care and evidence-informed practice. 17 Within the cultures of evidence-informed developmental medicine and child neurology, findings from QHR studies can be utilized instrumentally or conceptually to inform decisions related to practice, education, or policy.…”

“…The value of conducting QHR studies, alone or as a component of a mixed methods project, is increasingly recognized in the fields of developmental medicine, 2 neurology, and rehabilitation sciences 3 . Diverse qualitative methodologies have been employed to study a variety of populations relevant to developmental medicine and child neurology, such as children and adolescents with epilepsy, 4 cerebral palsy, 5 acquired brain injury, 6 communication and cognitive disabilities, 7 and autism spectrum disorder 8 . However, inconsistent quality with respect to the conduct, reporting, and publishing of study methods is problematic, with many published articles consisting of studies where the researchers demonstrate a lack of methodological congruence between the study purpose, question, design, and methods, a lack of (or sometimes inaccurate) application of qualitative terms, and limited information about the purposeful sampling, data collection, or analysis techniques applied.…”