Table 4 Representative Quotes of Symptom and Impact Concepts
From: Symptoms and impacts in anemia of chronic kidney disease
Feeling Weak or Lacking Strength | Feeling Tired | Shortness of Breath |
Subject 1 “I don’t have the strength I used to have and it tires me.” | Subject 1 “The worst thing is the fact that I’m very tired. Why? Because I can’t do the things I’d like to do because I’m too tired.” | Subject 2 “The shortness of breath makes you tired and I have to sit down and catch my breath. Like now I’m talking too much so my breath is starting to get heavy.” |
Difficulty Remembering Things | Difficulty Sleeping | Gastrointestinal Symptoms |
Subject 3 “I don’t remember things as well as I used to. I write down a lot of things. I do write a lot of things down because I do forget.” | Subject 4 “That changes because there are nights I cannot fall asleep at all. I try to go to bed, do everything and nothing happens. Sometimes it be that way and then there are times where I could just doze off and keep waking up.” | Subject 5 “Constant constipation. It never goes away because number one, I’m not getting enough exercise and number two, I don’t drink enough fluid.” |
Interference with Daily Activities | Emotional Impact | Social Impact |
Subject 5 “There’s a lot of things like cooking, cleaning, just ordinary things, being able to go to the bathroom, a lot of things that people take for granted that I can’t do anymore.” | Subject 6 “Really like a burden on my family. It saddens me.” | Subject 7 “Sometimes, but for the most part no. I feel better when I’m with friends or relatives or even talking to neighbors, but like I said there’s times I don’t feel like making a call because I just don’t feel like talking on the phone. I just put it off for another day.” |