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Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Pain in lower back 11 2 Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none
Other 6 1 Efficacy_moderate
Stiffness/Spasticity 3 0
Pain 2 0
Pain in mid-back 1 1 Efficacy_none
Back pain 1 0

See all 16 patients currently using Back Brace

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 0
Moderate
 0
Mild
 2
None
 1

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Back Brace

Heat intolerance 1
Discomfort 1
Pain worsened 1

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Using (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other 5   Other: 50%
Course of treatment ended 3   Course of treatment ended: 30%
Doctor's advice 2   Doctor's advice: 20%
Did not seem to work 1   Did not seem to work: 10%

See all 9 patients who’ve stopped using Back Brace

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

How Long Current Patients Have Been Using Back Brace

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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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0
0
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How Long Patients Used Before Stopping

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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 Back Brace

Always
 1 33%
Usually
 1 33%
Sometimes
 1 33%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Back Brace

Very
 0 0%
Somewhat
 2 67%
A little
 1 33%
Not at all
 0 0%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Back Brace

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 0 0%
< $25
 0 0%

Report created on May 28, 2012.