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What is Aerobic exercise?

Aerobic exercise refers to exercise that involves or improves oxygen consumption by the body. Aerobic means "with oxygen", and refers to the use of oxygen in the body's metabolic or energy-generating process.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
General health 39 12 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight
Treat my mood condition(s) 8 2 Efficacy_major Efficacy_cant_tell
Weight loss 7 1 Efficacy_major
Other 6 3 Efficacy_major Efficacy_none
MS (Multiple Sclerosis) 6 2 Efficacy_major Efficacy_cant_tell
Anxious mood 4 1 Efficacy_major

See all 76 patients currently doing Aerobic exercise

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 0
Moderate
 2
Mild
 4
None
 14

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Aerobic exercise

Sweating excessive 3
Pain 1
Shortness of breath (dyspnea) 1
Brain fog 1
Back pain 1
Exhaustion 1
See all 9 reported side effects ▼ See top 6 reported side effects ▲

Reported Schedules

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently doing Aerobic exercise. See all 37 dosages ►

  30 min as needed 3 hr weekly 1 hr daily 30 min weekly 20 min daily 25 min daily 200 min weekly 30 min daily 35 min daily 60 min daily
  2 Number of Patients: 2 2 Number of Patients: 2 4 Number of Patients: 4 3 Number of Patients: 3 4 Number of Patients: 4 2 Number of Patients: 2 2 Number of Patients: 2 18 Number of Patients: 18 3 Number of Patients: 3 8 Number of Patients: 8  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Doing Aerobic exercise (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other 4   Other: 67%
I didn't have enough time 2   I didn't have enough time: 33%
Did not seem to work 1   Did not seem to work: 17%
Expense 1   Expense: 17%
Side effects too severe 1   Side effects too severe: 17%
Course of treatment ended 1   Course of treatment ended: 17%

See all 6 patients who’ve stopped doing Aerobic exercise

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

Currently Doing Aerobic exercise

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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

Stopped Doing Aerobic exercise

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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

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

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Aerobic exercise

Always
 3 15%
Usually
 10 50%
Sometimes
 6 30%
Never
 1 5%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Aerobic exercise

Very
 3 15%
Somewhat
 3 15%
A little
 8 40%
Not at all
 6 30%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Aerobic exercise

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 1 9%
$25-49
 1 9%
< $25
 9 82%

Report created on May 28, 2012.