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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.
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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% |
How long current patients have been taking Prayer or how long patients were taking Prayer before stopping.
Results from 3 patient evaluations. See the overall results and all individual evaluations.
| Major | 100% | 2 |
|---|
General health
| Severe | 0% | 0 |
|---|---|---|
| Moderate | 0% | 0 |
| Mild | 0% | 0 |
| None | 100% | 3 |
Summary results are based on 3 individual responses. For more information, see overall results for Adherence, Burden and Cost.