Exploring the Caregiver Role after Deep Brain Stimulation Surgery for Parkinson’s Disease: A Qualitative Analysis

Table 5

Strategies used by participants answering first question.

	Ability to reflect on first question	Ability to reflect and answer once question was repeated	Reflected once question was repeated but reverted to avoidance again	Deflected	Avoided answering once question was repeated
Number of participants group 11 year post DBS	4	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Number of participants group 11 year post DBS	4	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Number of participants group 21 year post DBS	0	0	2	0	2
Number of participants group 25 years post DBS	0	1	0	1	2