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What is Pets?

Researchers are finding that pets truly have the power to heal and support their owners, especially at times of stress and illness. Pets provide company and can help with the feeling of loneliness, sadness, pain and fear. Read more...Click to read more below

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
General health 138 28 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate
Other 105 27 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_cant_tell
Loneliness 75 17 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight
Depressed mood 60 12 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight
Mood elevated or improved 33 4 Efficacy_major
happiness 32 5 Efficacy_major

See all 633 patients currently using Pets

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 1
Moderate
 9
Mild
 30
None
 86

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Pets

Hair loss (alopecia) 8
Allergic to pets 8
Have to clean up after! 7
Need care even when I'm really ill. 4
Asthma 3
Nasal congestion 2
See all 36 reported side effects ▼ See top 6 reported side effects ▲

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Using Pets (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other 15   Other: 88%
Did not seem to work 1   Did not seem to work: 6%

See all 16 patients who’ve stopped using Pets

Reported Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Using Pets

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

Stopped Using Pets

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
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Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Pets

Always
 108 86%
Usually
 11 9%
Sometimes
 5 4%
Never
 2 2%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Pets

Very
 3 2%
Somewhat
 8 6%
A little
 36 29%
Not at all
 79 63%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Pets

$200+
 3 4%
$100-199
 6 8%
$50-99
 17 24%
$25-49
 21 29%
< $25
 23 32%

Report created on February 12, 2012.