Further Reading

More about our research

You can read an article about the findings on this website (reference below) here.

Fadyl JK, Theadom A, Channon A, McPherson KM; on behalf of the TBI Experiences Research Group. Recovery and Adaptation after Traumatic Brain Injury in New Zealand: Longitudinal qualitative findings over the first two years, Neuropsychological Rehabilitation,
DOI: 10.1080/09602011.2017.1364653

Other articles from this research project are:

McPherson, K., Fadyl, J., Theadom, A., Channon, A., Starkey, N., Levack, W. M. M., . . . Wilkinson-Meyers, L. (2018). Living life after traumatic brain injury: Phase 1 of a longitudinal qualitative study Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation, 31(1), E34-E52.

Fadyl, J. K., Channon, A., Theadom, A., & McPherson, K. M. (2017). Optimising Qualitative Longitudinal Analysis: Insights from a Study of Traumatic Brain Injury Recovery and Adaptation. Nursing Inquiry, 24(2)

Theadom, A., Rowland, V., Levack, W. M. M., Starkey, N., Wilkinson-Meyers, L., McPherson, K., . . . V, F. (2016). Exploring the experience of sleep and fatigue in male and female adults over the 2 years following traumatic brain injury: a qualitative descriptive study. BMJ Open, 6(4), e010453.


Additional Resources

Information about TBI

Headway

CDC

Mayo Clinic

New Zealand-based resources

ABI Rehab resource about relationships and communication after TBI

ACC website


Attitude TV

Attitude TV have a number of videos of people sharing their story after TBI.  You might recognise some of the findings from our research as you watch them.

Life after a brain injury: Rhysasaurous Rex

Life After A Head Injury: Elizabeth Charleston

Living with a Brain Injury: Stefan Hadfield Part 1 & Part 2

Surviving Traumatic Brain Injury: Terry

Recovery from a Traumatic Brain Injury: Eltje Malzbender