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Family and Friends Treatment Report
See also: Children, Husband, son, grandson, daughter-in-law, Spouse's support
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.
Reasons used
70 patients in the community are using or have used Family and Friends.
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients |
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| General health | 26 | 37% |
| Other | 16 | 22% |
| Slow my ALS progress | 5 | 7% |
| Mobility | 2 | 2% |
| Assistive communication | 1 | 1% |
| happiness | 1 | 1% |
| general health, mobility and communication | 1 | 1% |
| Assistance | 1 | 1% |
Other treatments patients are using for General health include Multivitamins, Omega 3 Fish Oil, and Vitamin C.
Schedules
Based on the patients currently using Family and Friends.
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Duration
How long current patients have been using Family and Friends or how long patients were using Family and Friends before stopping.
Patient Reported Evaluations
Results from 6 patient evaluations. See the overall results and all individual evaluations.
Efficacy (Effect based on reason taken)
| Major | 60% | 3 |
|---|---|---|
| Moderate | 20% | 1 |
| Can't tell | 20% | 1 |
General health
Side-effects (as an overall problem)
| Severe | 0% | 0 |
|---|---|---|
| Moderate | 17% | 1 |
| Mild | 0% | 0 |
| None | 83% | 5 |
Top reported side-effects include: Anxiety and frustration, parenting is overwhelming
Summary results are based on 6 individual responses. For more information, see overall results for Adherence, Burden and Cost.
Individual Patient Reported Evaluations (2 of 6)
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- amberwell
- Sex: M
- Mouth/throat: moderate
- Arms: moderate
- Chest: moderate
- Legs: severe
- See profile
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by amberwell
Feb 19, 2009
- EfficacyMajor
- Side-effectsNone
- General health
- See full evaluation
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0 helpful marks
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- supasonic
- Sex: M
- Mouth/throat: severe
- Arms: severe
- Chest: moderate
- Legs: severe
- See profile
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by supasonic
Jan 09, 2009
- EfficacyMajor
- Side-effectsNone
- Other
- See full evaluation
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0 helpful marks
Report created on November 08, 2009.