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Walking Stick/Cane Treatment Report

Brand Names: Walking cane/rubber tip, Fashion Canes, Forearm crutches, Folding Cane, Quad Cane, Adjustable Cane With Hand Support, Hiking Pole, Canadian crutch, Arm canes, Offset Walking Stick, Tracks Walking Stick, AbleTip, Standard Crutch, Made by me, Keen Mobility Cane, Orthotic Mobility Sure Step, Umbrella or walking stick, Rolling cane

What is Walking Stick/Cane? A walking stick or cane is a tool used by many people to assist walking. It may be used to assist with balance, or to bear weight taking pressure off of muscles. There are many different styles to suit individual needs and preferences.


Reasons used

1668 patients in the community are using or have used Walking Stick/Cane.

Top 10 (Show all)

Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other 397 23%
Balance problems 352 21%
Stiffness/Spasticity 257 15%
Mobility 86 5%
Fatigue 64 3%
Difficulty walking 57 3%
General health 50 2%
Pain 33 1%
disease-related symptoms 29 1%
Imbalance when walking 29 1%
Weakness in legs 17 1%

Other equipment patients are using for Other include MRI, Levothyroxine, and Prayer.

Duration

How long current patients have been using Walking Stick/Cane or how long patients were using Walking Stick/Cane before stopping.

How Long Current Patients Have Been Using Walking Stick/Cane

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
1
8
10
117
178
403

How Long Patients Used Before Stopping

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
10
14
20
30
22
56
Why Patients Stopped Using (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other 89 58% Other: 58%
Course of treatment ended 23 15% Course of treatment ended: 15%
Did not seem to work 21 14% Did not seem to work: 14%
Not indicated 13 8% Not indicated: 8%
Doctor's advice 9 6% Doctor's advice: 6%
Side effects too severe 5 3% Side effects too severe: 3%
Personal research 2 1% Personal research: 1%

Patient Reported Evaluations

Results from 125 patient evaluations. See the overall results and all individual evaluations.

Efficacy (Effect based on reason taken)

Major 46% 13
Moderate 25% 7
Slight 14% 4
None 4% 1
Can't tell 11% 3

Other

Side-effects (as an overall problem)

Severe 2% 3
Moderate 9% 11
Mild 18% 23
None 70% 88

Top reported side-effects include: Back pain, loss of a free hand, some uncoordination with use

Summary results are based on 125 individual responses. For more information, see overall results for Adherence, Burden and Cost.

Individual Patient Reported Evaluations (2 of 125)

  • jntdsn
    Sex: F
    Mouth/throat: mild
    Arms: moderate
    Chest: mild
    Legs: moderate
  • jntdsn
  • by jntdsn
    Aug 18, 2008
  • EfficacyMajor
  • Side-effectsNone
  • Balance problems

  • JesswithMS
    Sex: F
    Sensation: Moderate
    Overall: Moderate
    Cognition: moderate
    Vision: moderate
    Speech: moderate
    Swallowing: moderate
    Upper limb: moderate
    Walking: moderate
  • JesswithMS
  • by JesswithMS
    Aug 20, 2008
  • EfficacyModerate
  • Side-effectsNone
  • Balance problems

See all evaluation results for Walking Stick/Cane

Report created on November 07, 2009.