Table 2.
Analysis of conceptual saturation
| Group 1 (n = 4 transcripts) 15 new concepts |
Group 2 (n = 4 transcripts) 18 new concepts |
Group 3 (n = 4 transcripts) 15 new concepts |
Group 4 (n = 4 transcripts) 2 new concepts |
Group 5 (n = 4 transcripts) 0 new concepts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bathing | Difficulty using the bathroom | Bearing weight | Squirting saliva | |
| Bone growth | Change in appetite | Bending | Standing | |
| Decreased movement | Closed throat | Brushing hair | ||
| Dressing | Dizziness | Body locked in position | ||
| Unable to get out of bed | Eating | Depression | ||
| Headache | Feeling cold/hot | Fear that a new flare-up could come at any time | ||
| Inflammation | Itching | Fear of not knowing the severity of new flare-up symptoms | ||
| Loss of joint mobility | Loss of independence | Fever | ||
| Nerve pain | Low self-esteem | Frustration with not being able to do usual things | ||
| Pain | Rashes due to itching | Picking things up off the floor | ||
| Pressure/tightness | Sadness over loss of independence | Reaching | ||
| Redness | Slurred speech | Sitting | ||
| Sleep interference due to pain | Joint stiffness: probed | Typing | ||
| Swelling | Speaking | Unable to leave home | ||
| Warmth | Stress | Work/school | ||
| Swallowing | ||||
| Veins visible | ||||
| Walking |