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What is Spouse's support?

The support and presence of family and friends during illness can be quite valuable, even essential, to an overall feeling of well-being.

Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
1 6%
Moderate
3 18%
Mild
2 12%
None
11 65%

Most commonly reported side effects

not always sensitive to my needs
4 24%
Husband may yell at me
2 12%
Complains on the meds I take at times
2 12%
Sometimes it's hard for him to handle the stress
2 12%
not as supportive if we are having a disagreement on something else
2 12%
he can be preoccupied and unavailable
2 12%
  • Mild
  • Moderate
  • Severe

Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Using Spouse's support (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other
1 50% Other: 50%

See all 1 patient who’ve stopped using Spouse's support

Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Using Spouse's support

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
0
0
16
6
53

Stopped Using Spouse's support

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

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always
13 76%
Usually
3 18%
Sometimes
0 0%
Never
1 6%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Very
1 6%
Somewhat
3 18%
A little
1 6%
Not at all
12 71%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

$200+
0 0%
$100-199
0 0%
$50-99
0 0%
$25-49
0 0%
< $25
5 29%

Report created on November 23, 2009.