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Relaxation Techniques Treatment Report
What is Relaxation Techniques?
A Relaxation technique is any method, process, procedure, or activity that helps a person to relax; to attain a state of increased calmness; or otherwise reduce levels of anxiety, stress or tension that can decrease muscle tension, lower the blood pressure and slow heart and breath rates.
Reasons used & Efficacy
| Reasons used |
# of patients
Efficacy
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Major | Moderate | Slight | None | Can’t tell | # of patients evaluated by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stress | 21 |
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4 | ||
| Treat my mood condition(s) | 14 |
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2 | |||
| General health | 7 |
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1 | ||||
| Panic attacks | 4 |
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1 | ||||
| Support another treatment | 4 |
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1 | ||||
| Other | 2 | 0 |
See all 47 patients currently using Relaxation Techniques
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Schedules
Top 10 dosages based on patients currently using Relaxation Techniques. See all 23 dosages ►
| 0.5hours as needed | 15minutes as needed | 1hours as needed | 1other as needed | 30minutes as needed | 5minutes as needed | daily | 1 hr weekly | 2 intl units weekly | 1 hr daily | 2 hr daily | 25 min weekly | 5 min daily | 5 other daily | 6 min daily | 10 min daily | 15 min daily | 20 min daily | 24 hr daily | 25 min daily | 30 min daily | 60 min daily | 150 mcg daily | ||
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4
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5
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1
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3
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3
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Stop Reasons
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients | |
|---|---|---|---|
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Other
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3 | 75% |
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Course of treatment ended
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1 | 25% |
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See all 4 patients who’ve stopped using Relaxation Techniques
Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼
Patient Evaluations
See all 7 patient evaluations
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- jeannie36832
- Sex: F
- Depression: 2
- Emotional: 3
- Compulsion: 0
- Anxiety: 2
- Mania: 1
- Physical: 2
- External Stress: Severe
- 37 F
- Function: Low
- Distress: Moderate
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- jeannie36832
- 30minutes as needed
- since Feb 11, 2010
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Efficacy
Moderate
for Stress
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Side Effects
None
- See full evaluation
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- Nyrsaeans
- Sex: F
- Depression: 0
- Emotional: 0
- Compulsion: 3
- Anxiety: 3
- Mania: 1
- Physical: 3
- External Stress: Severe
- 33 F
- Function: High
- Distress: Low
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- Nyrsaeans
- 15 min daily
- since Oct 24, 2008
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Efficacy
Major
for Treat my mood condition(s)
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Side Effects
None
- Advice/Tips none See full evaluation
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- skimpy
- Sex: F
- Depression: 0
- Emotional: 0
- Compulsion: 0
- Anxiety: 0
- Mania: 0
- Physical: 0
- External Stress: Moderate
- 58 F
- Function: High
- Distress: Low
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- skimpy
- since Dec 18, 2008
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Efficacy
Major
for Stress
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Side Effects
None
- See full evaluation
See all 7 patient evaluations
Report created on March 15, 2010.