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What is Walking?

Walking is a moderate form of physical activity that can have important health benefits.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
General health 279 53 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
exercise 57 13 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_cant_tell
Other 39 10 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight
Fibromyalgia 29 6 Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_cant_tell
Improve mobility 22 5 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_cant_tell
Stiffness/Spasticity 22 6 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_none

See all 615 patients currently doing Walking

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 5
Moderate
 17
Mild
 25
None
 65

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

Fatigue 16
Soreness 12
Muscle strain 7
Muscle spasms at night 6
Foot and ankle injuries 5
Joint pain 5
See all 29 reported side effects ▼ See top 6 reported side effects ▲

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Doing Walking (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other 35   Other: 63%
Side effects too severe 12   Side effects too severe: 21%
I didn't have enough time 9   I didn't have enough time: 16%
Did not seem to work 5   Did not seem to work: 9%
Not indicated 2   Not indicated: 4%
Doctor's advice 1   Doctor's advice: 2%
Course of treatment ended 1   Course of treatment ended: 2%
Personal research 1   Personal research: 2%

See all 53 patients who’ve stopped doing Walking

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

Currently Doing Walking

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

Stopped Doing Walking

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

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

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Walking

Always
 27 24%
Usually
 51 46%
Sometimes
 27 24%
Never
 7 6%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Walking

Very
 16 14%
Somewhat
 25 22%
A little
 39 35%
Not at all
 32 29%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Walking

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 1 2%
< $25
 58 98%

Report created on May 27, 2012.