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What is Family and Friends?

The support and presence of family and friends during illness can be quite valuable, even essential, to an overall feeling of well-being.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
General health 53 8 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none
Other 35 3 Efficacy_major
Increase effect of another treatment 12 2 Efficacy_major
happiness 12 2 Efficacy_major
Depressed mood 11 2 Efficacy_major Efficacy_slight
Loneliness 7 1 Efficacy_moderate

See all 159 patients currently using Family and Friends

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 0
Moderate
 2
Mild
 3
None
 14

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Family and Friends

Anxiety and frustration 5
Depressed mood 4
Anxious mood 2
Parenting is overwhelming 1
Bipolar Disorder 1
Hospitalization 1
See all 8 reported side effects ▼ See top 6 reported side effects ▲

Reported Schedules

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently using Family and Friends. See all 74 dosages ►

  24 hr all the time (24/7) daily 2 hr weekly 1 hr daily 1 other daily 2 hr daily 3 hr daily 24 hr daily 30 min daily 60 min daily
  6 Number of Patients: 6 7 Number of Patients: 7 6 Number of Patients: 6 5 Number of Patients: 5 12 Number of Patients: 12 13 Number of Patients: 13 10 Number of Patients: 10 13 Number of Patients: 13 11 Number of Patients: 11 9 Number of Patients: 9  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Using Family and Friends (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work 2   Did not seem to work: 33%
Other 2   Other: 33%
Side effects too severe 1   Side effects too severe: 17%

See all 4 patients who’ve stopped using Family and Friends

Reported Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Using Family and Friends

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
0
0
0
0

Stopped Using Family and Friends

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
0
0

Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Family and Friends

Always
 11 58%
Usually
 5 26%
Sometimes
 2 11%
Never
 1 5%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Family and Friends

Very
 1 5%
Somewhat
 2 11%
A little
 7 37%
Not at all
 9 47%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Family and Friends

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 0 0%
< $25
 8 100%

Report created on May 25, 2012.