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Physical Exercise Treatment Report

Brand Names: Biking and Jogging, Aerobics and weights
See also: Theracycle

What is Physical Exercise? Exercise is recommended to help remain healthy as possible. It can help to maintain a weight and generally improve how one feels. It takes many forms. Finding the exercise that is right for you is key to keeping it useful and doing in on a regular basis. Read more...Click to read more below


Reasons used

231 patients in the community are using or have used Physical Exercise.

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Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
General health 89 38%
Treat my mood condition(s) 45 19%
Other 14 6%
Weight loss 8 3%
Anxiety and frustration 7 3%
Muscle tension 3 1%
Stress 2 <1%
Support another treatment 2 <1%
Depression 1 <1%
Anxiety 1 <1%

Other lifestyle modifications patients are using for General health include Multivitamins, Omega 3 Fish Oil, and Vitamin C.

Schedules

Based on the patients currently using Physical Exercise.

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  1hours as needed 1 hr as needed 20 min as needed 20minutes as needed 2hours as needed 30 min as needed 30minutes as needed 4other as needed 90minutes as needed as needed daily weekly 1 hr weekly 2 hr weekly 3 hr weekly 0.5 hours daily 4 hr weekly 4 other weekly 5 hr weekly 6 hr weekly 1 hr daily 8 hr weekly 10 hr weekly 1.5 hours daily 2 hr daily 20 min weekly 3 hr daily 29 min weekly 30 min weekly 45 min weekly 60 min weekly 10 min daily 12 min daily 15 min daily 20 min daily 150 min weekly 25 min daily 180 min weekly 30 min daily 40 min daily 300 min weekly 45 min daily 50 min daily 60 min daily 90 min daily
  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 3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 10 Number of Patients: 10 42 Number of Patients: 42 10 Number of Patients: 10 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 5 Number of Patients: 5 1 Number of Patients: 1 4 Number of Patients: 4 1 Number of Patients: 1 4 Number of Patients: 4 1 Number of Patients: 1 14 Number of Patients: 14 1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3 2 Number of Patients: 2 3 Number of Patients: 3 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 4 Number of Patients: 4 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 4 Number of Patients: 4 1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3 6 Number of Patients: 6 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 28 Number of Patients: 28 3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1 6 Number of Patients: 6 1 Number of Patients: 1 11 Number of Patients: 11 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Duration

How long current patients have been using Physical Exercise or how long patients were using Physical Exercise before stopping.

Currently Using Physical Exercise

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
3
4
31
26
22

Stopped Using Physical Exercise

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
2
2
2
2
1
3
Why Patients Stopped Using Physical Exercise (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other 8 67% Other: 67%
Course of treatment ended 2 17% Course of treatment ended: 17%
Did not seem to work 1 8% Did not seem to work: 8%
Doctor's advice 1 8% Doctor's advice: 8%
Side effects too severe 1 8% Side effects too severe: 8%

Patient Reported Evaluations

Results from 35 patient evaluations. See the overall results and all individual evaluations.

Efficacy (Effect based on reason taken)

Major 70% 14
Moderate 20% 4
Slight 5% 1
Can't tell 5% 1

General health

Side-effects (as an overall problem)

Severe 0% 0
Moderate 9% 3
Mild 31% 11
None 60% 21

Top reported side-effects include: Fatigue, Muscle soreness, Body Aches

Summary results are based on 35 individual responses. For more information, see overall results for Adherence, Burden and Cost.

Individual Patient Reported Evaluations (2 of 35)

  • FlipFlop
    Sex: F
    Depression: 1
    Emotional: 2
    Compulsion: 1
    Anxiety: 1
    Mania: 0
    Physical: 1
    External Stress: Severe
    32 F
    Function: Moderate
    Distress: Low
  • by FlipFlop
    Sep 30, 2008
  • EfficacyModerate
  • Side-effectsMild
  • Back pain

  • Nyrsaeans
    Sex: F
    Depression: 1
    Emotional: 1
    Compulsion: 2
    Anxiety: 2
    Mania: 3
    Physical: 2
    External Stress: Overwhelming
    32 F
    Function: Moderate
    Distress: Moderate
  • Nyrsaeans
  • by Nyrsaeans
    Oct 14, 2008
  • EfficacySlight
  • Side-effectsModerate
  • Muscle tension
Advice/Tips
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See all evaluation results for Physical Exercise

Report created on November 07, 2009.