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Reasons used & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Reasons used # of patients Major Moderate Slight None Can’t tell # of patients evaluated by
Weakness in legs 14 1
Other 9 0
General health 6 0
Stiffness/Spasticity 5 1
Fatigue 4 1
Mobility 4 0

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Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
0 0%
Moderate
0 0%
Mild
0 0%
None
3 100%

Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Using (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other
5 71% Other: 71%
Did not seem to work
2 29% Did not seem to work: 29%

See all 7 patients who’ve stopped using Lift chair

Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

How Long Current Patients Have Been Using Lift chair

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
0
2
6
7
10

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
0
0
1
2
2
2

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always
3 100%
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
3 100%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

$200+
0 0%
$100-199
0 0%
$50-99
0 0%
$25-49
0 0%
< $25
1 33%

Report created on November 21, 2009.