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Table 1 Participant characteristics

From: Grieving a disrupted biography: an interpretative phenomenological analysis exploring barriers to the use of mindfulness after neurological injury or impairment

Pseudonym Age Sex Diagnosis Date of diagnosis Employment status Teaching experience (years) Daily practice (hours) FFMQ
Observation Description Aware actions Non-judgement Non-reactivity FFMQ (total)
Jade 35 F FND 2012 Part-Time 3 1 38 40 34 36 32 180
Sarah 58 F SCI (I) 1976 Full-Time 20 +  11 35 37 35 38 32 177
Pete 42 M MS 2010 Part-Time 4 7 39 33 32 32 28 164
Keith 59 M SCI (C) 1983 Unemployed 20 +  3 32 28 37 39 29 165
Robert 55 M SCI (C) 1984 Part-Time 8 1 33 34 24 32 28 151
Tricia 46 F SCI (I) 1995 Full-Time 10 3 32 20 30 38 25 145
Elise 59 F SCI (I) 2009 Retired 20 +  10 38 35 32 35 32 172
Jenny 60 F SCI (C) 1979 Volunteer 5 1 34 33 34 37 31 170
Mean 51.8      11.3 4.6 35.1 32.5 32.3 35.9 29.6 165.5
SD 9.5      7.7 4.1 2.9 6.1 4.0 2.7 2.6 12.2
  1. FND = Functional neurological disorder; MS = multiple sclerosis; SCI (C) = complete spinal cord injury; SCI (I) =  incomplete SCI