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What is Spouse's support?

The support and presence of family and friends during illness can be quite valuable, even essential, to an overall feeling of well-being.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
General health 53 8 Efficacy_major
Increase effect of another treatment 50 9 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight
Other 42 14 Efficacy_major Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none
Fibromyalgia 36 6 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate
Depressed mood 12 2 Efficacy_slight
Pain 11 3 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate

See all 249 patients currently using Spouse's support

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 2
Moderate
 9
Mild
 8
None
 20

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Spouse's support

not always sensitive to my needs 7
he can be preoccupied and unavailable 5
Husband may yell at me 4
not as supportive if we are having a disagreement on something else 3
Complains on the meds I take at times 3
complains about how many doctors I see 2
See all 12 reported side effects ▼ See top 6 reported side effects ▲

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Using Spouse's support (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other 5   Other: 56%
Did not seem to work 2   Did not seem to work: 22%
Course of treatment ended 2   Course of treatment ended: 22%
Side effects too severe 1   Side effects too severe: 11%
Not indicated 1   Not indicated: 11%

See all 9 patients who’ve stopped using Spouse's support

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

Currently Using Spouse's support

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
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Stopped Using Spouse's support

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
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Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Spouse's support

Always
 25 64%
Usually
 8 21%
Sometimes
 4 10%
Never
 2 5%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Spouse's support

Very
 2 5%
Somewhat
 10 26%
A little
 7 18%
Not at all
 20 51%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Spouse's support

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 1 6%
$50-99
 1 6%
$25-49
 0 0%
< $25
 14 88%

Report created on February 12, 2012.