Ice or Cold Packs Treatment Report

Category: Equipment

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See also: Ice water

What is Ice or Cold Packs?

An example of Ice or Cold Packs

Ice is commonly used to alleviate pain and may be helpful to alleviate nausea and vertigo (dizziness). Ice or cold packs can be as simple as a towel filled with cubed or crushed ice or available with refrigerant gel or liquid that may require freezing or become cold when activated.

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 90 16 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none
Tendinitis 23 1 Efficacy_slight
Migraine headaches 21 3 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight
Back pain 13 2 Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight
Heat intolerance 12 3 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate
Ankle Sprain 11 1 Efficacy_slight

See all 219 patients currently using Ice or Cold Packs

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 1
Moderate
 1
Mild
 4
None
 28

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Ice or Cold Packs

Burning Pain 2
Cold hands 1
Raynaud's phenomenon 1

Reported Schedules

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently using Ice or Cold Packs. See all 57 dosages ►

  20minutes as needed 1other as needed 15minutes as needed 30minutes as needed 10minutes as needed 1 hr daily 5 min daily 15 min daily 20 min daily 30 min daily
  45 Number of Patients: 45 16 Number of Patients: 16 20 Number of Patients: 20 20 Number of Patients: 20 10 Number of Patients: 10 8 Number of Patients: 8 4 Number of Patients: 4 10 Number of Patients: 10 11 Number of Patients: 11 11 Number of Patients: 11  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Using (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work 11   Did not seem to work: 33%
Course of treatment ended 10   Course of treatment ended: 30%
Other 9   Other: 27%
Doctor's advice 2   Doctor's advice: 6%
Not indicated 2   Not indicated: 6%
Side effects too severe 1   Side effects too severe: 3%

See all 32 patients who’ve stopped using Ice or Cold Packs

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

How Long Current Patients Have Been Using Ice or Cold Packs

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How Long Patients Used Before Stopping

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Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Ice or Cold Packs

Always
 10 29%
Usually
 13 38%
Sometimes
 9 26%
Never
 2 6%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Ice or Cold Packs

Very
 2 6%
Somewhat
 5 15%
A little
 11 32%
Not at all
 16 47%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Ice or Cold Packs

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 0 0%
< $25
 17 100%

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10 patient evaluations for Ice or Cold Packs

Purpose: Ankle Sprain (Started Jan 20, 2012)
Date Dosage Perceived effectiveness Side Effects Adherence Burden
Feb 05, 2012 10 min Daily Led_efficacy_2Led_efficacy_2Led_defaultLed_defaultSlight NoneNoneNoneNoneNone SometimesSometimesSometimesSometimesSometimes A littleA littleA littleA littleA little
Date
Feb 05, 2012
Advice & Tips
its good
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Purposes: CRPS I (Complex regional pain syndrome type I), Pain, and Swelling in right foot (Started Aug 01, 2006)
Date Dosage CRPS I (Complex regional pain syndrome type I) Perceived effectiveness Pain Perceived effectiveness Swelling in right foot Perceived effectiveness Side Effects Adherence Burden
Jun 20, 2011 As needed Led_efficacy_2Led_efficacy_2Led_defaultLed_default Led_efficacy_2Led_efficacy_2Led_defaultLed_default Led_efficacy_2Led_efficacy_2Led_defaultLed_default NoneNoneNoneNone AlwaysAlwaysAlwaysAlways A littleA littleA littleA little
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Purposes: Pain, Pain in knees, and Migraine headaches (Started Oct 18, 2010)
Date Dosage Pain Perceived effectiveness Pain in knees Perceived effectiveness Migraine headaches Perceived effectiveness Side Effects Adherence Burden
Mar 09, 2011 120 min Daily Led_efficacy_4Led_efficacy_4Led_efficacy_4Led_efficacy_4 Led_efficacy_4Led_efficacy_4Led_efficacy_4Led_efficacy_4 Led_efficacy_4Led_efficacy_4Led_efficacy_4Led_efficacy_4 NoneNoneNoneNone AlwaysAlwaysAlwaysAlways Not at allNot at allNot at allNot at all
Nov 22, 2010 120 min Daily Led_efficacy_4Led_efficacy_4Led_efficacy_4Led_efficacy_4 Led_efficacy_4Led_efficacy_4Led_efficacy_4Led_efficacy_4 Led_efficacy_4Led_efficacy_4Led_efficacy_4Led_efficacy_4 NoneNoneNoneNone AlwaysAlwaysAlwaysAlways Not at allNot at allNot at allNot at all
Date
Mar 09, 2011
Advice & Tips
Works just dont leave them on too long and always protect the skin with a dry wash cloth or hand towel
Cost
< $25 monthly
Date
Nov 22, 2010
Advice & Tips
Helps with pain and swelling
Cost
< $25 monthly
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