What is Walking?

An example of Walking

Walking is a moderate form of physical activity that can have important health benefits.

Reported Purpose & Perceived Effectiveness

Reasons and Perceived effectiveness
Perceived Effectiveness
Purpose # of patients # of patients with evaluations
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
General health 304 65 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
exercise 72 20 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_cant_tell
Fibromyalgia 43 10 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_cant_tell
Stiffness/Spasticity 23 5 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_none
Improve mobility 22 5 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_cant_tell
Walking problems 21 3 Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_none

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Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Doing Walking (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other 35   Other: 61%
Side effects too severe 13   Side effects too severe: 23%
I didn't have enough time 8   I didn't have enough time: 14%
Did not seem to work 6   Did not seem to work: 11%
Not indicated 3   Not indicated: 5%
Doctor's advice 2   Doctor's advice: 4%
Course of treatment ended 1   Course of treatment ended: 2%
Personal research 1   Personal research: 2%

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Currently Doing Walking

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Stopped Doing Walking

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Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Walking

Always
32 25%
Usually
60 47%
Sometimes
29 22%
Never
8 6%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Walking

Very
17 13%
Somewhat
30 23%
A little
44 34%
Not at all
38 29%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Walking

$200+
0 0%
$100-199
0 0%
$50-99
0 0%
$25-49
2 3%
< $25
69 97%

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28 patient evaluations for Walking

  • MomaK
    Sex: F
    Data Quality: 2 stars
    Pain: Some
    Fatigue: All
    Sleep: All
    Stiffness: All
    function: None
    external_stress: Most
    Stickman: all
    Description:F41y
    CFS:6y Dx
    FM:6y Dx
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Purpose: Other (Started Apr 10, 2009)
Date Dosage Perceived effectiveness Side Effects Adherence Burden
May 21, 2010 Daily Led_efficacy_2Led_efficacy_2Led_defaultLed_defaultSlight ModerateModerateModerateModerateModerate UsuallyUsuallyUsuallyUsuallyUsually SomewhatSomewhatSomewhatSomewhatSomewhat
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Purpose: General health (Started Aug 01, 2009)
Date Dosage Perceived effectiveness Side Effects Adherence Burden
Feb 01, 2010 30 min Daily Led_efficacy_2Led_efficacy_2Led_defaultLed_defaultSlight ModerateModerateModerateModerateModerate UsuallyUsuallyUsuallyUsuallyUsually VeryVeryVeryVeryVery
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  • Kaessa
    Sex: F
    Data Quality: 3 stars
    Pain: All
    Fatigue: Most
    Sleep: All
    Stiffness: Most
    function: Little
    external_stress: Little
    Stickman: most
    Description:F48y
    CFS:3y Dx
    FM:4y Dx
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Purpose: General health (Started Dec 16, 2009)
Date Dosage Perceived effectiveness Side Effects Adherence Burden
Dec 30, 2009 90 min Weekly Led_efficacy_3Led_efficacy_3Led_efficacy_3Led_defaultModerate MildMildMildMildMild UsuallyUsuallyUsuallyUsuallyUsually SomewhatSomewhatSomewhatSomewhatSomewhat
Side effects:
Joint stiffness, Joint pain
Date
Dec 30, 2009
Advice & Tips
I have been going to the mall 3x per week, walking one lap around (one mile). The biggest downside to this is the expense for gas and the time it takes to get there. I really enjoy it, though... it gets me out of the house.
Cost
$25-49 monthly
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