Younger Stroke Survivors' Experiences of Family Life in a Long-Term Perspective: A Narrative Hermeneutic Phenomenological Study

Table 1

Selected participant characteristics.

(a) Social group 1: Young non-established participants

Sex	Age	Consequences of stroke	Time since stroke onset	Civil status	No. of children at home
Male	32	Subarachnoid hemorrhage.; Concentration and memory affected.	4 years	Single	0
Male	27	Thrombosis left hemisphere.; Hemiplegia right side. Aphasia.; Concentration and memory affected.	3 years	Single	0
Male	25	Hemorrhage cerebellum. Slight visually impaired.	4 years	Single	0
Female	20	Thrombosis right hemisphere.; Hemiplegia left side.	1 year	Single	0

4 of 22 (1 woman, 3 men).

(b) Social group 2: Participants living together with family, that is, from babies to teenagers, with or without a partner

Sex	Age	Consequences of stroke	Time since stroke onset	Civil status	Age of children at home
Female	46	Emboli right hemisphere.; Visually impaired. Aphasia.; Concentration and memory affected.	7 months	Separated	6 and 11 years
Male	61	Hemorrhage right hemisphere.; Hemiplegia left side.	4 years	Married	16 years
Female	38	Hemorrhage right hemisphere.; Concentration and memory affected.	4 years	Divorced	13 and 18 years
Female	38	Thrombosis left hemisphere.; Visually impaired. Apraxia.; Aphasia. Concentration and memory affected.	6 years	Cohabitant	2 years
Male	32	Emboli right hemisphere and cerebellum. Concentration and memory affected.	1,5 year	Married	1 and 3 years
Male	50	Thrombosis right hemisphere.; Aphasia.	3,5 years	Married	13 and 18 years
Male	43	Thrombosis right hemisphere.; Hemiplegia left side. Memory affected. Epilepsy.	9 years	Married	12, 14 and 15 years
Male	38	Hemorrhage right hemisphere.; Hemiplegia left side. Epilepsy	4,5 years	Married	4 years
Male	52	Thrombosis cerebellum.; Numbness right hand.	6 months	Married	14 and 16 years

9 of 22 (3 women, 6 men).

(c) Social group 3: Participants without children at home, with or without a partner

Sex	Age	Consequences of stroke	Time since stroke onset	Civil status	No. of children at home
Male	49	Hemorrhage cerebellum.; Reduced strength left side.; Epilepsy	3 years	Married	0^1
Male	54	Hemorrhage right hemisphere.; Concentration and memory affected.	1,5 year	Married	0^1
Female	55	Thrombosis left hemisphere.; Concentration affected.	2,5 years	Divorced	0
Male	60	Thrombosis right hemisphere. Hemiplegia left side. Neglect.; Concentration affected.	4,5 years	Married	0
Female	48	Hemorrhage right hemisphere.; Hemiplegia left side.	6 years	Single	0
Male	54	Not specified.	8 years	Single	0
Male	56	Hemorrhage right hemisphere.; Concentration and memory affected.	9 years	Married	0
Female	58	Thrombosis right and left hemisphere. Neglect.; Concentration affected.	1,5 year	Divorced	0
Male	49	Thrombosis right hemisphere.	3,5 year	Single	0

 9 of 22 (3 women, 6 men).
  ¹This participant had an adult son who lived at home.