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What is Spouse's support? The support and presence of family and friends during illness can be quite valuable, even essential, to an overall feeling of well-being.
232 patients in the community are using or have used Spouse's support.
Top 10 (Show all)
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients |
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| General health | 45 | 19% |
| Support another treatment | 44 | 18% |
| Other | 44 | 18% |
| Fibromyalgia | 23 | 9% |
| Depression | 8 | 3% |
| Assistive communication | 5 | 2% |
| Pain | 2 | <1% |
| He is the only person who has ever really stuck by me with my horrific depression. | 1 | <1% |
| We are a team. | 1 | <1% |
| Overwhelming Emotions | 1 | <1% |
Other treatments patients are using for General health include Multivitamins, Omega 3 Fish Oil, and Vitamin C.
How long current patients have been using Spouse's support or how long patients were using Spouse's support before stopping.
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Results from 30 patient evaluations. See the overall results and all individual evaluations.
| Major | 86% | 12 |
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| Slight | 7% | 1 |
| None | 7% | 1 |
Other
| Severe | 3% | 1 |
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| Moderate | 27% | 8 |
| Mild | 13% | 4 |
| None | 57% | 17 |
Top reported side-effects include: not always sensitive to my needs, he can be preoccupied and unavailable, Husband may yell at me
Summary results are based on 30 individual responses. For more information, see overall results for Adherence, Burden and Cost.
Report created on November 07, 2009.