@article{ref1,
title="Women's tenacity following traumatic brain injury: qualitative insights",
journal="Journal of Advanced Nursing",
year="2021",
author="Peters, Kath and Kwok, Cannas and Wilson, Nathan J. and O'Reilly, Kate",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="AIM: To explore perspectives of Australian women who had sustained a traumatic brain injury to develop a gendered understanding of their experiences. <br><br>DESIGN: Qualitative  findings from a concurrent mixed methods study. <br><br>METHODS: Australian women who had  sustained a traumatic brain injury participated in conversational interviews. Data  were collected from June 2017 - May 2018. Women's narratives were listened to in  various ways (Anderson & Jack, Learning to listen: Interview techniques and  analyses, 1991) and analysed using thematic analysis (Braun & Clark, Thematic  analysis, 2016). <br><br>RESULTS: Two overarching themes Loss-A life once lived and  Realigning Self-A new way of being were identified. Women discussed many losses due  to injury, loss of income and potential earnings, loss in relationships and loss of  identity. These all took time to reconfigure in their lives, as they adjusted to a  range of ongoing impairments from the traumatic brain injury. <br><br>CONCLUSION: Socially  constructed gendered norms continue to at times negatively inform delivery of health  care for women following traumatic brain injury. Loss associated with the injury is  felt for decades and regardless of time since injury realigning of self, requires  remarkable tenacity. Readjustment often continues without end; therefore,  individualized health and rehabilitation services must be offered across women's  lifespans. IMPACT: There is limited research into women's experiences of traumatic  brain injury which suggests experiences will be the same for men and women. This  research highlights biological sex differences and socialized gendered roles are  important factors to consider for women following traumatic brain injury. Differences are influenced by sociocultural factors and they relate to sexual and  reproductive health and gendered roles such as caring for children, caring for  ageing parents, employment and projected earnings. These findings should be used to  inform the development of individualized health and rehabilitation services which  women in this study have identified and must be offered across their lifespans.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0309-2402",
doi="10.1111/jan.14749",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jan.14749"
}