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What is Prayer?

Prayer is an active effort to communicate with a deity or spirit either to offer praise, to make a request, seek guidance, confess sins, or simply to express one's thoughts and emotions. The words of the prayer may either be a set hymn or incantation, or a spontaneous utterance. Read more...Click to read more below

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Other 245 22 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate
General health 191 24 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_cant_tell
Uncomfortable 90 12 Efficacy_major
spiritual enlightenment 73 11 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_cant_tell
ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis) 43 2 Efficacy_major
Support spiritual health 31 10 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate

See all 835 patients currently using Prayer

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 0
Moderate
 0
Mild
 3
None
 91

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Prayer

Anxious mood 1
Compulsive behaviors 1
Peace and Joy (yes, joy) 1
Hospitalization 1

Reported Schedules

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently using Prayer. See all 116 dosages ►

  daily 1 hr daily 2 hr daily 5 min daily 10 min daily 15 min daily 20 min daily 24 hr daily 30 min daily 60 min daily
  149 Number of Patients: 149 95 Number of Patients: 95 33 Number of Patients: 33 28 Number of Patients: 28 65 Number of Patients: 65 60 Number of Patients: 60 31 Number of Patients: 31 36 Number of Patients: 36 102 Number of Patients: 102 36 Number of Patients: 36  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Using Prayer (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other 4   Other: 57%
Did not seem to work 3   Did not seem to work: 43%

See all 6 patients who’ve stopped using Prayer

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

Currently Using Prayer

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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

Stopped Using Prayer

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

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

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Prayer

Always
 55 59%
Usually
 31 33%
Sometimes
 7 7%
Never
 1 1%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Prayer

Very
 0 0%
Somewhat
 3 3%
A little
 10 11%
Not at all
 81 86%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Prayer

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 1 2%
$25-49
 0 0%
< $25
 43 98%

Report created on February 11, 2012.