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See also: Anointing and prayer by others, Faith, Prayer/meditation

What is Prayer? Prayer is an active effort to communicate with a deity or spirit either to offer praise, to make a request, seek guidance, confess sins, or simply to express one's thoughts and emotions. The words of the prayer may either be a set hymn or incantation, or a spontaneous utterance. Read more...Click to read more below


Reasons Taken

252 patients in the community are taking or have taken Prayer.

Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other 131 59%
General health 55 25%
Slow my ALS progress 28 12%
Anxiety 3 1%
Don't know 2 <1%
Emotional lability 1 <1%

Dosages

Based on the patients currently taking Prayer.

Top 10 (Show all)

All (Show Top 10)

  0 hr day 0 day 0 min none 0.05 hr day 0.1 hr day 0.2 hr day 0.25 hr day 2 hr week 0.5 hr day 1 hr day 1.5 hr day 2 hr day 3 hr day 8 hr day 10 hr day 10 min day 15 min day 20 hr day 24 hr day 30 min day
  112 Number of Patients: 112 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 5 Number of Patients: 5 1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1 14 Number of Patients: 14 53 Number of Patients: 53 1 Number of Patients: 1 15 Number of Patients: 15 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 12 Number of Patients: 12 2 Number of Patients: 2  

Duration

How long current patients have been taking Prayer or how long patients were taking Prayer before stopping.

Currently taking Prayer

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
2
5
15
15
33
95

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

General health

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)

  • Wayne Lampe
    Mouth/throat: mild
    Arms: mild
    Chest: mild
    Legs: moderate
    See profile
  • Wayne Lampe
  • by Wayne Lampe
    Aug 23, 2008
  • EfficacyMajor
  • Side-effectsNone
  • Other

  • spider
    Mouth/throat: moderate
    Arms: severe
    Chest: none
    Legs: moderate
    See profile
  • spider
  • by spider
    Aug 23, 2008
  • EfficacyMajor
  • Side-effectsNone
  • General health
Advice/Tips
believe what you pray!

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