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What is Shower/Tub Chair?

Shower chairs are assistive equipment which adds safety to your shower setup.

Reasons used & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Reasons used # of patients Major Moderate Slight None Can’t tell # of patients evaluated by
Weakness in legs 8 0
safety issues 2 0
daily need 1 0
difficulty standing up from the floor 1 0

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Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Using (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other
1 100% Other: 100%

See all 1 patient who’ve stopped using Shower/Tub Chair

Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

How Long Current Patients Have Been Using Shower/Tub Chair

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
0
2
5
4
1

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
1
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 21, 2009.