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What is Rolling Walker?

A walker with wheels. It combines an adjustable height walking frame with small wheels. Rather than lifting the walker to move, you just push.

Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
0 0%
Moderate
1 3%
Mild
5 14%
None
30 83%

Most commonly reported side effects

hand pain
2 6%
tiredness
2 6%
worsening posture
1 3%
people stare
1 3%
  • Mild
  • Moderate
  • Severe

Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Using (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other
11 61% Other: 61%
Doctor's advice
3 17% Doctor's advice: 17%
Course of treatment ended
2 11% Course of treatment ended: 11%
Did not seem to work
1 6% Did not seem to work: 6%
Personal research
1 6% Personal research: 6%
Not indicated
1 6% Not indicated: 6%

See all 17 patients who’ve stopped using Rolling Walker

Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

How Long Current Patients Have Been Using Rolling Walker

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
0
3
4
20
35

How Long Patients Used Before Stopping

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
2
3
3
1
5
3

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always
17 47%
Usually
14 39%
Sometimes
5 14%
Never
0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Very
3 8%
Somewhat
1 3%
A little
9 25%
Not at all
23 64%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

$200+
0 0%
$100-199
1 3%
$50-99
0 0%
$25-49
0 0%
< $25
17 47%

Report created on November 21, 2009.