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Advancing Symptom Science Through Use of Common Data Elements.

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Redeker, NS; Anderson, R; Bakken, S; Corwin, E; Docherty, S; Dorsey, SG; Heitkemper, M; McCloskey, DJ; Moore, S; Pullen, C; Rapkin, B ...
Published in: Journal of nursing scholarship : an official publication of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing
September 2015

Use of common data elements (CDEs), conceptually defined as variables that are operationalized and measured in identical ways across studies, enables comparison of data across studies in ways that would otherwise be impossible. Although healthcare researchers are increasingly using CDEs, there has been little systematic use of CDEs for symptom science. CDEs are especially important in symptom science because people experience common symptoms across a broad range of health and developmental states, and symptom management interventions may have common outcomes across populations.The purposes of this article are to (a) recommend best practices for the use of CDEs for symptom science within and across centers; (b) evaluate the benefits and challenges associated with the use of CDEs for symptom science; (c) propose CDEs to be used in symptom science to serve as the basis for this emerging science; and (d) suggest implications and recommendations for future research and dissemination of CDEs for symptom science.The National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR)-supported P20 and P30 Center directors applied published best practices, expert advice, and the literature to identify CDEs to be used across the centers to measure pain, sleep, fatigue, and affective and cognitive symptoms.We generated a minimum set of CDEs to measure symptoms.The CDEs identified through this process will be used across the NINR Centers and will facilitate comparison of symptoms across studies. We expect that additional symptom CDEs will be added and the list will be refined in future work.Symptoms are an important focus of nursing care. Use of CDEs will facilitate research that will lead to better ways to assist people to manage their symptoms.

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Journal of nursing scholarship : an official publication of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing

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EISSN

1547-5069

ISSN

1527-6546

Publication Date

September 2015

Volume

47

Issue

5

Start / End Page

379 / 388

Related Subject Headings

  • Sleep Wake Disorders
  • Pain
  • Nursing Research
  • Nursing
  • Mood Disorders
  • Humans
  • Health Services Research
  • Fatigue
  • Disease Management
  • Common Data Elements
 

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Redeker, N. S., Anderson, R., Bakken, S., Corwin, E., Docherty, S., Dorsey, S. G., … Grady, P. (2015). Advancing Symptom Science Through Use of Common Data Elements. Journal of Nursing Scholarship : An Official Publication of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing, 47(5), 379–388. https://doi.org/10.1111/jnu.12155
Redeker, Nancy S., Ruth Anderson, Suzanne Bakken, Elizabeth Corwin, Sharron Docherty, Susan G. Dorsey, Margaret Heitkemper, et al. “Advancing Symptom Science Through Use of Common Data Elements.Journal of Nursing Scholarship : An Official Publication of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing 47, no. 5 (September 2015): 379–88. https://doi.org/10.1111/jnu.12155.
Redeker NS, Anderson R, Bakken S, Corwin E, Docherty S, Dorsey SG, et al. Advancing Symptom Science Through Use of Common Data Elements. Journal of nursing scholarship : an official publication of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing. 2015 Sep;47(5):379–88.
Redeker, Nancy S., et al. “Advancing Symptom Science Through Use of Common Data Elements.Journal of Nursing Scholarship : An Official Publication of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing, vol. 47, no. 5, Sept. 2015, pp. 379–88. Epmc, doi:10.1111/jnu.12155.
Redeker NS, Anderson R, Bakken S, Corwin E, Docherty S, Dorsey SG, Heitkemper M, McCloskey DJ, Moore S, Pullen C, Rapkin B, Schiffman R, Waldrop-Valverde D, Grady P. Advancing Symptom Science Through Use of Common Data Elements. Journal of nursing scholarship : an official publication of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing. 2015 Sep;47(5):379–388.
Journal cover image

Published In

Journal of nursing scholarship : an official publication of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing

DOI

EISSN

1547-5069

ISSN

1527-6546

Publication Date

September 2015

Volume

47

Issue

5

Start / End Page

379 / 388

Related Subject Headings

  • Sleep Wake Disorders
  • Pain
  • Nursing Research
  • Nursing
  • Mood Disorders
  • Humans
  • Health Services Research
  • Fatigue
  • Disease Management
  • Common Data Elements