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What is Moist Heat?

Moist heat, such as hot baths, steamed towels or moist heating packs can aid in the heat’s penetration into the muscles, and some people feel that moist heat provides better pain relief.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Neck pain 5 1 Efficacy_moderate
To loosen mucles 4 1 Efficacy_major
Pain 3 0
Fibromyalgia 1 0
Improve mobility 1 0
Dry Eye Syndrome 1 0

See all 11 patients currently using Moist Heat

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 0
Moderate
 0
Mild
 0
None
 1

Reported Schedules

  15minutes as needed 30minutes as needed 20minutes as needed 3 mg weekly 3 hr daily 15 min daily 135 min weekly 20 min daily 40 min daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 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 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1  

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

Currently Using Moist Heat

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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

Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Moist Heat

Always
 0 0%
Usually
 1 100%
Sometimes
 0 0%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Moist Heat

Very
 0 0%
Somewhat
 1 100%
A little
 0 0%
Not at all
 0 0%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Moist Heat

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 0 0%
< $25
 1 100%

Report created on May 26, 2012.