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What is Wii Fit?

Wii Fit is a video game developed by Nintendo for the Wii console. It is an exercise game that utilizing the Wii Balance Board which measures a user's weight and center of gravity. The game has roughly 40 different activities, including yoga poses, push ups, and other exercises.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
exercise 10 4 Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_cant_tell
General health 9 1 Efficacy_major
Balance problems 8 3 Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_cant_tell
Other 4 2 Efficacy_moderate
Weight loss 3 1 Efficacy_slight
Stiffness 3 2 Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight

See all 29 patients currently doing Wii Fit

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 0
Moderate
 1
Mild
 3
None
 6

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Wii Fit

Soreness 1

Reported Schedules

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently doing Wii Fit. See all 15 dosages ►

  1 hr daily 1 mg daily 15 min weekly 5 min daily 60 min weekly 10 min daily 20 min daily 30 min daily 240 min weekly 45 min daily
  5 Number of Patients: 5 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 6 Number of Patients: 6 6 Number of Patients: 6 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Doing Wii Fit (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other 2   Other: 67%
I didn't have enough time 2   I didn't have enough time: 67%

See all 3 patients who’ve stopped doing Wii Fit

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

Currently Doing Wii Fit

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

Stopped Doing Wii Fit

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

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

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Wii Fit

Always
 0 0%
Usually
 5 50%
Sometimes
 5 50%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Wii Fit

Very
 0 0%
Somewhat
 2 20%
A little
 2 20%
Not at all
 6 60%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Wii Fit

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 2 33%
$25-49
 0 0%
< $25
 4 67%

Report created on May 27, 2012.