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Volunteering Treatment Report
Category: Lifestyle Modifications
Most Popular Types: Volunteering at a no-kill animal shelter, Art and Mental Health Charity
What is Volunteering?
Volunteering is the practice of people working on behalf of others without being motivated by financial or material gain. Volunteering generally considered an altruistic activity, intended to promote good or improve human quality of life.
Reported Purpose & Efficacy
| Purpose | # of patients |
# of patients with evaluations
Efficacy
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Major | Moderate | Slight | None | Can’t tell |
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| Depressed mood | 2 | 0 | |||||
| Support spiritual health | 1 | 1 |
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| Passionate about the cause | 1 | 1 |
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| It makes me feel like I'm giving back to the community. | 1 | 1 |
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| Get back into art | 1 | 1 |
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| Other | 1 | 0 |
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Reported Side Effects
Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Volunteering
| Anxious mood | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Stress | 1 |
Reported Stop Reasons
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Side effects too severe | 1 |  |
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| Other | 1 | |
Reported Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼
Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼
Adherence
Taking treatment as prescribed
Adherence of Volunteering
Always |
1 | 33% |
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|---|---|---|---|
Usually |
1 | 33% |
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Sometimes |
1 | 33% |
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Never |
0 | 0% |
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Burden
Difficulty being on treatment
Burden of Volunteering
Very |
1 | 33% |
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|---|---|---|---|
Somewhat |
0 | 0% |
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A little |
1 | 33% |
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Not at all |
1 | 33% |
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Cost
Paid out of pocket
Cost of Volunteering
$200+ |
0 | 0% |
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|---|---|---|---|
$100-199 |
0 | 0% |
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$50-99 |
0 | 0% |
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$25-49 |
1 | 33% |
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< $25 |
2 | 67% |
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Report created on May 26, 2012.