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What is Oxygen Therapy?

Oxygen therapy is used to treat emphysema, pneumonia, some heart disorders, and any disease that impairs the body's ability to take up and use gaseous oxygen.

Reasons taken & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Reasons taken # of patients Major Moderate Slight None Can’t tell # of patients evaluated by
Other 11 2
Breathing difficulty 10 1
disease-related symptoms 7 0
Fatigue 5 0
General health 4 0
Anxiety 1 0

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Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
0 0%
Moderate
0 0%
Mild
1 33%
None
2 67%

Most commonly reported side effects

dry mouth
1 33%
  • Mild
  • Moderate
  • Severe

Dosages

Top 10 dosages based on patients currently taking Oxygen Therapy. See all 18 dosages

  1hours as needed 24hours as needed 2hours as needed 2 L all the time (24/7) 2 L as needed 2liter as needed 3hours as needed 5 L all the time (24/7) 5other as needed all the time (24/7) daily hours as needed 2 L daily 8 daily 8 hr daily 12 hr daily 24 daily 24 hr daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1 4 Number of Patients: 4 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 4 Number of Patients: 4 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Oxygen Therapy (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Doctor's advice
2 40% Doctor's advice: 40%
Course of treatment ended
2 40% Course of treatment ended: 40%
Personal research
1 20% Personal research: 20%
Other
1 20% Other: 20%
Not indicated
1 20% Not indicated: 20%

See all 5 patients who’ve stopped taking Oxygen Therapy

Currently Taking Oxygen Therapy

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

Stopped Taking Oxygen Therapy

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

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always
2 67%
Usually
0 0%
Sometimes
1 33%
Never
0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Very
0 0%
Somewhat
0 0%
A little
2 67%
Not at all
1 33%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

$200+
0 0%
$100-199
0 0%
$50-99
1 33%
$25-49
0 0%
< $25
2 67%

Report created on November 23, 2009.