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Reasons Taken

25 patients in the community are using or have used Electric scooter/chair.

Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other 13 52%
Mobility 3 12%
Atrophy, calf muscle 2 8%
Falls 1 4%
Weakness in legs 1 4%
disease-related symptoms 1 4%
General health 1 4%
Fatigue 1 4%

Duration

How long current patients have been using Electric scooter/chair or how long patients were using Electric scooter/chair before stopping.

How Long Current Patients Have Been Using Electric scooter/chair

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

How Long Patients Used Electric scooter/chair Before Stopping

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
2
2
1
2
1
Why Patients Stopped Using Electric scooter/chair (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other 5 63% Other: 63%
Did not seem to work 1 13% Did not seem to work: 13%
Doctor's advice 1 13% Doctor's advice: 13%
Not indicated 1 13% Not indicated: 13%

Patient Reported Evaluations

Results from 3 patient evaluations. See the overall results and all individual evaluations.

Efficacy (Effect based on reason taken)

Major 100% 2

Other

Side-effects (as an overall problem)

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

Top reported side-effects include:

Summary results are based on 3 individual responses. For more information, see overall results for Adherence, Burden and Cost.

Individual Patient Reported Evaluations (2 of 3)

  • Bunky
    Mouth/throat: none
    Arms: none
    Chest: none
    Legs: moderate
  • Bunky
  • by Bunky
    Aug 20, 2008
  • EfficacyMajor
  • Side-effectsNone
  • Other
Advice/Tips
I love having my scooter. I use it all the time and feel it gives me the freedom to continue to get around with ease.

  • spider
    Mouth/throat: mild
    Arms: severe
    Chest: none
    Legs: moderate
  • spider
  • by spider
    Aug 23, 2008
  • EfficacyMajor
  • Side-effectsNone
  • Other

See all evaluation results for Electric scooter/chair



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