Neurotrauma clinicians’ perspectives on the contextual challenges associated with traumatic brain injury follow up in low-income and middle-income countries: A reflexive thematic analysis

• Brandon G. Smith ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Brandon G. Smith, Charlotte J. Whiffin

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Software, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: bgs30@cam.ac.uk (BGS); ak721@cam.ac.uk (AGK)

  Affiliations Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Addenbrooke’s Hospital and University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom, NIHR Global Health Research Group on Neurotrauma, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8471-1368

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• Charlotte J. Whiffin ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Brandon G. Smith, Charlotte J. Whiffin

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations NIHR Global Health Research Group on Neurotrauma, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom, College of Health, Psychology and Social Care, University of Derby, Derby, United Kingdom

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• Ignatius N. Esene,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Neurosurgery Division, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Bamenda, Bambili, Cameroon

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• Claire Karekezi,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Neurosurgery Unit, Department of Surgery, Rwanda Military Hospital, Kigali, Rwanda

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7183-899X

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• Tom Bashford,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation NIHR Global Health Research Group on Neurotrauma, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0228-9779

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• Muhammad Mukhtar Khan,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations NIHR Global Health Research Group on Neurotrauma, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom, Northwest School of Medicine & Northwest General Hospital & Research Centre, Peshawar, Pakistan

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• Davi J. Fontoura Solla,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations NIHR Global Health Research Group on Neurotrauma, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom, Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Neurology, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5092-6595

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• Bhagavatula Indira Devi,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations NIHR Global Health Research Group on Neurotrauma, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom, Department of Neurosurgery, NIMHANS, Bangalore, India

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• Wellingson S. Paiva,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations NIHR Global Health Research Group on Neurotrauma, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom, Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Neurology, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

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• Franco Servadei,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Humanitas Research Hospital-IRCCS and Humanitas University, Rozzano, Milan, Italy

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• Peter J. Hutchinson,

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Addenbrooke’s Hospital and University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom, NIHR Global Health Research Group on Neurotrauma, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

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• Angelos G. Kolias ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: bgs30@cam.ac.uk (BGS); ak721@cam.ac.uk (AGK)

  Affiliations Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Addenbrooke’s Hospital and University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom, NIHR Global Health Research Group on Neurotrauma, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

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• Anthony Figaji,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations NIHR Global Health Research Group on Neurotrauma, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom, Division of Neurosurgery, Red Cross Children’s Hospital & University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

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• Andres M. Rubiano

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations NIHR Global Health Research Group on Neurotrauma, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom, Neurosciences Institute, El Bosque University, Bogotá, Colombia

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