Table 2 Themes and subcategories
From: Illness experience of adults with cervical spinal cord injury in Japan: a qualitative investigation
Theme | Subcategories |
|---|---|
Being at a loss | Unknown body |
Unknown lives | |
Discrediting self by self and others | Discrediting self in physical ability and appearance |
Discrediting self in dependence | |
Being perceived as incompetent by others | |
Taking time in performance | Taking time in accomplishment |
Taking time in reaching normalcy | |
Restoring competency | Finding retained abilities |
Developing independence | |
Transcending limitations of disability | Seeing self from a new perspective |
Setting a new social goal |