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Meditation Treatment Report
See also: Prayer/meditation
What is Meditation?
Meditation is a discipline in which the mind is focused on an object of thought or awareness. It usually involves turning attention to a single point of reference. The practice may engender a higher state of consciousness. Meditation is recognized as a component of almost all religions, and has been practiced for over 5,000 years.
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| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients |
|---|---|---|
| General health | 69 | 27% |
| Treat my mood condition(s) | 38 | 15% |
| Other | 31 | 12% |
| Anxiety | 19 | 7% |
| Emotional lability | 11 | 4% |
| Problems concentrating | 8 | 3% |
| Pain | 8 | 3% |
| Depression | 7 | 2% |
| Self-hating Thoughts (repetitive and involuntary) | 5 | 2% |
| Slow my MS progress | 4 | 1% |
| Support another treatment | 3 | 1% |
Other treatments patients are using for General health include Multivitamins, Omega 3 Fish Oil, and Vitamin C.
| 0.5hours as needed | 10minutes as needed | 15minutes as needed | 1hours as needed | 1 hr all the time (24/7) | 1other as needed | 20minutes as needed | 2hours as needed | 30minutes as needed | 30other as needed | 3 hr as needed | 45minutes as needed | 5minutes as needed | daily | weekly | 0.6 hours monthly | 0.25 hours weekly | 0.5 hr weekly | 1 hr every other week | 1 hr weekly | 0.2 hours daily | 0.25 hours daily | 2 hr weekly | 0.3 hours daily | 0.33 hours daily | 2.5 hours weekly | 3 hr weekly | 0.5 hours daily | 0.5 hr daily | 4 hr weekly | 0.6 hours daily | 20 min monthly | 5 hr weekly | 0.75 hours daily | 0.75 hr daily | 6 min weekly | 1 hr daily | 1 other daily | 7 hr weekly | 8 hr weekly | 1.5 hours daily | 2 daily | 2 hr daily | 15 min weekly | 3 hr daily | 3 min daily | 4 hr daily | 5 min daily | 10 min daily | 15 min daily | 15 other daily | 20 min daily | 30 hr daily | 30 min daily | 40 min daily | 45 min daily | ||
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Duration
How long current patients have been using Meditation or how long patients were using Meditation before stopping.
Currently Using Meditation
Stopped Using Meditation
Patient Reported Evaluations
Results from 32 patient evaluations. See the overall results and all individual evaluations.
Efficacy (Effect based on reason taken)
| Major | 73% | 8 |
|---|---|---|
| Moderate | 18% | 2 |
| Slight | 9% | 1 |
General health
Side-effects (as an overall problem)
| Severe | 0% | 0 |
|---|---|---|
| Moderate | 0% | 0 |
| Mild | 9% | 3 |
| None | 91% | 29 |
Top reported side-effects include: Muscle soreness, It tends to bring back some bad memorys
Summary results are based on 32 individual responses. For more information, see overall results for Adherence, Burden and Cost.
Individual Patient Reported Evaluations (2 of 32)
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- lilybet
- Sex: F
- Depression: 2
- Emotional: 1
- Compulsion: 0
- Anxiety: 1
- Mania: 0
- Physical: 1
- External Stress: Moderate
- 50 F
- Function: Moderate
- Distress: Low
- See profile
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by lilybet
Sep 09, 2008
- EfficacyMajor
- Side-effectsNone
- Treat my mood condition(s)
- Advice/Tips
- Try it. You'd be amazed how calming it is. Read "Wherever You Go, There You Are" by John Kabat-Zinn to learn about all about it and how to do it. This is NOT a new-agey mantra kind of meditation. It's medically proven to reduce stress and pain.
- See full evaluation
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0 helpful marks
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- jmscout
- Sex: F
- Sensation: None
- Overall: Mild
- Cognition: moderate
- Vision: none
- Speech: none
- Swallowing: none
- Upper limb: moderate
- Walking: moderate
- See profile
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by jmscout
Sep 17, 2008
- EfficacyMajor
- Side-effectsNone
- General health
- See full evaluation
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0 helpful marks
Report created on November 07, 2009.