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What is Orthotics?

Orthotics is an allied health care medical profession or field that is concerned with the design, development, fitting and manufacturing of orthoses, which are devices that support or correct musculoskeletal deformities and/or abnormalities of the human body.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Other 22 3 Efficacy_major Efficacy_slight
Pain in knees 11 0
Pain 9 1 Efficacy_major
Improve mobility 6 1 Efficacy_slight
Support 5 2 Efficacy_major Efficacy_slight
Pain in feet 5 0

See all 68 patients currently using Orthotics

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 0
Moderate
 2
Mild
 2
None
 6

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Using (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work 8   Did not seem to work: 62%
Other 5   Other: 38%
Side effects too severe 1   Side effects too severe: 8%
Course of treatment ended 1   Course of treatment ended: 8%

See all 13 patients who’ve stopped using Orthotics

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

How Long Current Patients Have Been Using Orthotics

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

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

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Orthotics

Always
 6 60%
Usually
 2 20%
Sometimes
 1 10%
Never
 1 10%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Orthotics

Very
 1 10%
Somewhat
 3 30%
A little
 2 20%
Not at all
 4 40%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Orthotics

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

Report created on May 27, 2012.