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What is Water?

Water is a vital chemical substance to all life on Earth, required by humans at a volume of around 2 litres per day. During illness many factors may lead to dehydration including medications, reduced intake, difficulty swallowing so supplemental intake of water may be an essential intervention.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
General health 307 31 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_cant_tell
Other 42 5 Efficacy_major Efficacy_cant_tell
Dehydration 30 1 Efficacy_major
Fatigue 25 4 Efficacy_major Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none
Bladder problems 24 3 Efficacy_moderate
Thirst 23 4 Efficacy_major

See all 587 patients currently using Water

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 0
Moderate
 7
Mild
 12
None
 35

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

Urinary frequency 14
Sleepiness 1
Tiredness 1
Causes blood to thin 1
Swelling Generalized 1
Hospitalization 1
See all 7 reported side effects ▼ See top 6 reported side effects ▲

Reported Schedules

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently using Water. See all 73 dosages ►

  daily 1 L daily 1.5 liter daily 2 L daily 3 L daily 4 L daily 5 L daily 6 L daily 8 L daily 8 other daily
  33 Number of Patients: 33 99 Number of Patients: 99 9 Number of Patients: 9 203 Number of Patients: 203 70 Number of Patients: 70 42 Number of Patients: 42 12 Number of Patients: 12 14 Number of Patients: 14 19 Number of Patients: 19 13 Number of Patients: 13  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Using Water (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other 4   Other: 50%
Side effects too severe 1   Side effects too severe: 13%
Course of treatment ended 1   Course of treatment ended: 13%
Not indicated 1   Not indicated: 13%

See all 7 patients who’ve stopped using Water

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

Currently Using Water

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

Stopped Using Water

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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 Water

Always
 21 39%
Usually
 26 48%
Sometimes
 7 13%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Water

Very
 1 2%
Somewhat
 6 11%
A little
 19 35%
Not at all
 28 52%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Water

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 1 4%
$25-49
 2 8%
< $25
 23 88%

Report created on May 28, 2012.