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What is The Vest?

The Vest® System is an airway clearance device for both children and adults. The Vest uses a process, called High-Frequency Chest Wall Oscillation (HFCWO), creates mini-coughs that dislodge mucus from the bronchial walls, increase mobilization, and move it along toward central airways.

Reasons used & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Reasons used # of patients Major Moderate Slight None Can’t tell # of patients evaluated by
Other 8 2
clearing my throat 3 0
Lung Congestion 3 1
Excess saliva 3 2
disease-related symptoms 2 0
Maintain FVC 2 1

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Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

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

Most commonly reported side effects

sore ribs
2 67%
  • Mild
  • Moderate
  • Severe

Schedules

  1 hr all the time (24/7) daily hours as needed 20 min daily 30 min daily 40 min daily 80 min daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 4 Number of Patients: 4 2 Number of Patients: 2 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Using (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work
2 50% Did not seem to work: 50%
Other
2 50% Other: 50%
Expense
1 25% Expense: 25%
Doctor's advice
1 25% Doctor's advice: 25%

See all 4 patients who’ve stopped using The Vest

Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

How Long Current Patients Have Been Using The Vest

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

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
1
2
0
0

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

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

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Very
0 0%
Somewhat
1 33%
A little
2 67%
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
1 33%

Report created on November 22, 2009.