Pets Treatment Report
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Brand Names:
Cat, Cat and dog, Cats, dogs, fish, chickens and ducks, Dog
Generic Name: Pets
What is Pets?
Researchers are finding that pets truly have the power to heal and support their owners, especially at times of stress and illness. Pets provide company and can help with the feeling of loneliness, sadness, pain and fear.
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Reasons Taken
107 patients in the community are taking or have taken Pets.
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients |
|---|---|---|
| General health | 37 | 34% |
| Other | 34 | 31% |
| Treat my mood condition(s) | 16 | 14% |
| Don't know | 3 | 2% |
| Loneliness | 2 | 1% |
| Hopelessness | 1 | <1% |
| disease-related symptoms | 1 | <1% |
| Agoraphobia | 1 | <1% |
| Cognition | 1 | <1% |
| Support another treatment | 1 | <1% |
| Slow my MS progress | 1 | <1% |
Duration
How long current patients have been taking Pets or how long patients were taking Pets before stopping.
Patient Reported Evaluations
Results from 19 patient evaluations. See the overall results and all individual evaluations.
Efficacy (Effect based on reason taken)
| Major | 63% | 5 |
|---|---|---|
| Moderate | 38% | 3 |
Other
Side-effects (as an overall problem)
| Severe | 0% | 0 |
|---|---|---|
| Moderate | 11% | 2 |
| Mild | 21% | 4 |
| None | 68% | 13 |
Top reported side-effects include: hair on furniture lol, LITTLE CHEWER, Asthma
Summary results are based on 19 individual responses. For more information, see overall results for Adherence, Burden and Cost.
Individual Patient Reported Evaluations (2 of 19)
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- fragiletruth
- Depression: 0
- Emotional: 0
- Compulsion: 0
- Anxiety: 1
- Mania: 1
- Physical: 1
- External Stress: Low
- 23 F
- Function: High
- Distress: Low
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by fragiletruth
Aug 18, 2008
- EfficacyModerate
- Side-effectsNone
- General health
- Advice/Tips
- Take good care of your cats, and they will delight you for years.
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0 helpful marks
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- GoodTimes
- Depression: 1
- Emotional: 1
- Compulsion: 0
- Anxiety: 0
- Mania: 0
- Physical: 0
- External Stress: Low
- 37 M
- Function: High
- Distress: Low
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by GoodTimes
Aug 18, 2008
- EfficacyModerate
- Side-effectsModerate
- Don't know
- Advice/Tips
- Buy a lot of hair rollers and a Dyson vacuum cleaner
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0 helpful marks