. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Dec 4.

Published in final edited form as: J Pain Symptom Manage. 2013 Jun 4;46(6):10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2013.02.012. doi: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2013.02.012

Table 3.

Data Saturation Matrix^a

Fever Symptoms	Participants
Fever Symptoms	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	n
Cold		x	x		x	x	x	x	x	x		x	x	x	x	x		x		x	x	x	x	x		x	x	x	22
Weakness				x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x		x	x	x	x	x		x	x	x		x	x	x	22
Warm	x		x	x			x	x	x	x	x	x				x	x	x	x	x	x		x	x	x	x	x	x	21
Sweating	x	x	x				x	x		x	x	x	x	x		x			x	x	x	x	x	x			x		18
Nonspecific bodily sensation								x	x	x	x	x	x	x			x			x				x					10
GI symptoms			x	x				x					x	x		x				x							x	x	9
Headache							x						x	x	x				x	x	x			x			x		9
Emotional changes associated with fever						x		x				x		x										x					5
Achiness														x		x								x					3
Respiratory symptoms				x		x																	x						3
Dreams																x	x											x	3

GI = gastrointestinal.

The letter “x” is used within the grid to denote that the corresponding patient expressed the corresponding theme during the interview. Saturation, the advent of four interviews during which no new themes are expressed, occurred after the interview of Patient 20. The remaining eight interviews were conducted to validate saturation and to ensure credibility.