Critical Issues in Interviewing People with Traumatic Brain Injury

People with cognitive impairments often cannot effectively recall and articulate experiences, feelings, and perceptions. Therefore, interviewing them can be fraught with pragmatic and methodological difficulties. Given this situation, the authors’ experience in a study on the allocation of rehabilit...

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Published in:Qualitative health research 2002-03, Vol.12 (3), p.399-409
Main Authors: Paterson, Barbara, Scott-Findlay, Shannon
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Allocation
Brain damage
Brain injured people
Brain Injuries - physiopathology
Brain Injuries - psychology
Brain Injuries - rehabilitation
Health technology assessment
Humans
Interviewing
Interviews
Interviews as Topic
Methodology
People with disabilities
Rehabilitation
Research Design
Self Concept
Self Disclosure
Survivors - psychology
United States
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Summary:People with cognitive impairments often cannot effectively recall and articulate experiences, feelings, and perceptions. Therefore, interviewing them can be fraught with pragmatic and methodological difficulties. Given this situation, the authors’ experience in a study on the allocation of rehabilitative services to survivors of traumatic brain injury is discussed. Participants had physiological impairments affecting their ability to focus on interview questions. The authors discuss the unique challenges, including participants’ recall of events, intolerance to stimuli, and image management and offer strategies for mitigating these concerns. The traditional view that reality is captured only in the subjective accounts of articulate people who can remember events in a precise and reflective manner is challenged.
ISSN:1049-7323
1552-7557
DOI:10.1177/104973202129119973