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What is Memory foam mattress?

Unlike standard foams that compress, but want to spring back to their original shape immediately, memory foam cells compress fully and spread their air pressure to adjoining cells.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Pain 54 7 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none
Fibromyalgia 24 8 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight
Pain in lower back 11 2 Efficacy_slight
Other 10 1 Efficacy_major
Insomnia 8 1 Efficacy_moderate
General health 7 1 Efficacy_slight

See all 111 patients currently using Memory foam mattress

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 0
Moderate
 2
Mild
 1
None
 18

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Memory foam mattress

Ineffective 1
Uncomfortable 1
Hospitalization 1

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Using (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other 2   Other: 67%
Expense 1   Expense: 33%

See all 3 patients who’ve stopped using Memory foam mattress

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

How Long Current Patients Have Been Using Memory foam mattress

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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
0

How Long Patients Used Before Stopping

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

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Memory foam mattress

Always
 20 95%
Usually
 0 0%
Sometimes
 1 5%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Memory foam mattress

Very
 0 0%
Somewhat
 3 14%
A little
 2 10%
Not at all
 16 76%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Memory foam mattress

$200+
 1 14%
$100-199
 1 14%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 1 14%
< $25
 3 43%

Report created on May 26, 2012.