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A Qualitative Analysis of Patient- Reported Symptoms of Anemia
(Vol 36/No. 6. On-line test expires: 12/20/2011)
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  AUTHOR
Kathryn F. Lasch, PhD,
 Kathryn F. Lasch, PhD, is Research Director, Patient-Reported Outcomes, MapiValues, Inc., Boston, MA.
Christopher J. Evans, PhD,
 Christopher J. Evans, PhD, is Director, Business Development, MapiValues, Inc., Boston, MA, an Adjunct Assistant Professor, Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Allied Health Sciences, Worcester, MA, and the Course Director, Pharmacoeconomics for the MS Program in Pain Research, Education and Policy, Tufts University School of Medicine, Medford, MA.
Dori Schatell, MS,
 Dori Schatell, MS, is Executive Director, Medical Education Institute, Madison, WI.
  OUTLINE

The objective of this study was to understand how patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) who are on dialysis experience anemia. Methods included the re-analysis of interviews with patients with CKD on dialysis who became anemic. Transcripts were coded for symptoms or the impact of symptoms using ATLAS ti software. Patients indicated anemia was associated with decreased “energy” (79%), “tired” (76%), “shortness of breath” (72%), and “loss of strength”/“weakness” (66%). It was found that patients with CKD on dialysis indicated that anemia is associated with a symptom cluster indicating loss of energy. Anemia assessments should incorporate these words and concepts. This article provides an overview of the results of this study.
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  CE RELATED INFORMATION
This offering for 1.1 contact hours and 15 pharmacology minutes is being provided by the American Nephrology Nurses’ Association (ANNA), ANNA is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education (CNE) by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. ANNA is a provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, provider number CEP 00910. This CNE article meets the Nephrology Nursing Certification Commission’s (NNCC’s) continuing nursing education requirements for certification and recertification.

  EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES

Goal:
To provide a greater understanding of how patients with chronic kidney disease who are on dialysis experience anemia.

 Objectives:
1.List the three patterns and eight themes of codes that emerged from the original study.
2. Describe the process of researchers’ re-analysis of data in preparation of this current study.
3.Explain the frequency and rank order of codes from this study an d how participants used them in their responses.
AUTHOR DISCLOSURE STATEMENT
Kathryn F. Lasch, has no conflicts of interest to disclose.
Christopher J. Evans, has no conflicts of interest to disclose.
Dori Schatell, has no conflicts of interest to disclose.

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