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What is Transfer board?

A transfer board is an assistive device which is designed to help people move from wheelchairs to beds, cars, toilets, stair lifts, and other locations. Transfer boards can also be used for patients with limited mobility, even if those patients are not in wheelchairs.

Reasons used & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Reasons used # of patients Major Moderate Slight None Can’t tell # of patients evaluated by
unable to transfer 2 0

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Schedules

  1 hr daily 30 min daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1  

How Long Current Patients Have Been Using Transfer board

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

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always
0 0%
Usually
0 0%
Sometimes
0 0%
Never
0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Very
0 0%
Somewhat
0 0%
A little
0 0%
Not at all
0 0%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

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

Report created on November 23, 2009.