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What is Prayer?

Prayer is an active effort to communicate with a deity or spirit either to offer praise, to make a request, seek guidance, confess sins, or simply to express one's thoughts and emotions. The words of the prayer may either be a set hymn or incantation, or a spontaneous utterance.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Other 247 23 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_cant_tell
General health 193 25 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_cant_tell
Uncomfortable 91 12 Efficacy_major
spiritual enlightenment 73 11 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_cant_tell
ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis) 43 3 Efficacy_major Efficacy_cant_tell
Support spiritual health 31 10 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate

See all 833 patients currently using Prayer

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
0
Moderate
0
Mild
3
None
93

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Prayer

Anxious mood 1
Compulsive behaviors 1
Peace and Joy (yes, joy) 1
Hospitalization 1

Reported Schedules

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently using Prayer. See all 116 dosages

  daily 1 hr daily 2 hr daily 5 min daily 10 min daily 15 min daily 20 min daily 24 hr daily 30 min daily 60 min daily
  149 Number of Patients: 149 95 Number of Patients: 95 33 Number of Patients: 33 28 Number of Patients: 28 65 Number of Patients: 65 60 Number of Patients: 60 31 Number of Patients: 31 36 Number of Patients: 36 102 Number of Patients: 102 36 Number of Patients: 36  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Using Prayer (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other 5   Other: 63%
Did not seem to work 4   Did not seem to work: 50%

See all 7 patients who’ve stopped using Prayer

Currently Using Prayer

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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

Stopped Using Prayer

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

Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Prayer

Always
55 57%
Usually
31 32%
Sometimes
9 9%
Never
1 1%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Prayer

Very
0 0%
Somewhat
4 4%
A little
11 11%
Not at all
81 84%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Prayer

$200+
0 0%
$100-199
0 0%
$50-99
1 2%
$25-49
0 0%
< $25
43 98%

Report created on May 25, 2012.