Back Brace Treatment Report

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Reported Purpose & Perceived Effectiveness

Reasons and Perceived effectiveness
Perceived Effectiveness
Purpose # of patients # of patients with evaluations
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Pain in lower back 20 4 Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none
Stiffness/Spasticity 5 0
Pain 4 1 Efficacy_moderate
Pain in mid-back 2 1 Efficacy_none
Herniated Disc 2 0
Herniated disks in lower back, L4 and L5 2 1 Efficacy_moderate

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
0
Moderate
0
Mild
4
None
2

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

Discomfort 2
Heat intolerance 1
Pain worsened 1
Uncomfortable 1

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Using (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other 6   Other: 50%
Course of treatment ended 3   Course of treatment ended: 25%
Did not seem to work 2   Did not seem to work: 17%
Doctor's advice 2   Doctor's advice: 17%

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How Long Current Patients Have Been Using Back Brace

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0

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

Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Back Brace

Always
3 50%
Usually
1 17%
Sometimes
2 33%
Never
0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Back Brace

Very
0 0%
Somewhat
3 50%
A little
2 33%
Not at all
1 17%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Back Brace

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

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1 patient evaluation for Back Brace

  • Amtee
    Sex: F
    Data Quality: 3 stars
    Pain: Most
    Fatigue: Most
    Sleep: All
    Stiffness: All
    function: Little
    external_stress: Some
    Stickman: all
    Description:F42y
    FM:9y Dx
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Purpose: Pain in lower back (Started Apr 06, 2009)
Date Dosage Perceived effectiveness Side Effects Adherence Burden
May 13, 2009 Daily Led_efficacy_2Led_efficacy_2Led_defaultLed_defaultSlight MildMildMildMildMild UsuallyUsuallyUsuallyUsuallyUsually SomewhatSomewhatSomewhatSomewhatSomewhat
Side effects:
Discomfort, Heat intolerance
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