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Prayer Treatment Report
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.
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| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients |
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| Other | 148 | 45% |
| General health | 68 | 21% |
| Slow my ALS progress | 42 | 13% |
| Emotional lability | 8 | 2% |
| Anxiety | 3 | <1% |
| Don't know | 2 | <1% |
| To communicate with Loving God and ask for guidance | 1 | <1% |
| Cause there might be a God | 1 | <1% |
| mental health and hope for the future | 1 | <1% |
| God's will be done, but with His help | 1 | <1% |
Other treatments patients are using for Other include Walking Stick/Cane, MRI, and Levothyroxine.
| 1000000 other all the time (24/7) | 15 min all the time (24/7) | 1 min all the time (24/7) | 1 other all the time (24/7) | 24hours as needed | 2 intl units all the time (24/7) | 2minutes as needed | 30minutes as needed | 5minutes as needed | 60 min all the time (24/7) | daily | 0.1 hours daily | 1 hr weekly | 0.2 hours daily | 0.25 hours daily | 2 hr weekly | 0.5 hours daily | 1 hr daily | 1 other daily | 1.5 hours daily | 2 hr daily | 3 hr daily | 4 hr daily | 5 min daily | 8 hr daily | 60 min weekly | 10 hr daily | 10 min daily | 10 other daily | 15 min daily | 20 hr daily | 20 min daily | 24 hr daily | 30 min daily | 45 min daily | 60 min daily | 100 hr daily | 100 other daily | ||
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Duration
How long current patients have been using Prayer or how long patients were using Prayer before stopping.
Currently Using Prayer
Stopped Using Prayer
| 0-1 month | 1-3 months | 3-6 months | 6 months-1year | 1-2 years | 2 years or more |
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| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients | |
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| Did not seem to work | 1 | 100% |  |
Patient Reported Evaluations
Results from 12 patient evaluations. See the overall results and all individual evaluations.
Efficacy (Effect based on reason taken)
| Major | 100% | 5 |
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Other
Side-effects (as an overall problem)
| Severe | 0% | 0 |
|---|---|---|
| Moderate | 0% | 0 |
| Mild | 0% | 0 |
| None | 100% | 12 |
Top reported side-effects include: Anxiety, compulsiveness
Summary results are based on 12 individual responses. For more information, see overall results for Adherence, Burden and Cost.
Individual Patient Reported Evaluations (2 of 12)
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- spider
- Sex: M
- Mouth/throat: mild
- Arms: severe
- Chest: none
- Legs: moderate
- See profile
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by spider
Aug 23, 2008
- EfficacyMajor
- Side-effectsNone
- General health
- Advice/Tips
- believe what you pray!
- See full evaluation
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0 helpful marks
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- bchute1
- Sex: M
- Mouth/throat: moderate
- Arms: mild
- Chest: mild
- Legs: moderate
- Type: Upper Motor Neuron
- See profile
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by bchute1
Jan 09, 2009
- EfficacyMajor
- Side-effectsNone
- Slow my ALS progress
- See full evaluation
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0 helpful marks
Report created on November 07, 2009.