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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