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What is Cooling Vest?
A cooling vest or ice vest is a piece of equipment worn to cool a person down. Cooling vests are used by many sporting bodies, industry workers, doctors, and people with Multiple Sclerosis.
Reported Purpose & Perceived Effectiveness
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| Purpose | # of patients | # of patients with evaluations | Major | Moderate | Slight | None | Can’t tell |
| Heat intolerance | 53 | 6 |
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| MS (Multiple Sclerosis) | 13 | 1 |
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| Fatigue | 9 | 4 |
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| Nerve pain (neuralgia) | 2 | 0 | |||||
| Endurance reduced (whole body) | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Improve mobility | 1 | 0 | |||||
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Reported Side Effects
Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Cooling Vest
| weight can be heavy use only ice packs that are needed | 1 |
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Reported Stop Reasons
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients | |
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| Other | 6 |  |
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| Did not seem to work | 2 | |
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| Personal research | 1 | |
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| Course of treatment ended | 1 | |
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| Not indicated | 1 | |
Reported Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼
Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼
Adherence
Taking treatment as prescribed
Adherence of Cooling Vest
Always |
4 | 29% |
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Usually |
5 | 36% |
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Sometimes |
4 | 29% |
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Never |
1 | 7% |
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Burden
Difficulty being on treatment
Burden of Cooling Vest
Very |
0 | 0% |
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Somewhat |
2 | 14% |
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A little |
6 | 43% |
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Not at all |
6 | 43% |
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Cost
Paid out of pocket
Cost of Cooling Vest
$200+ |
0 | 0% |
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$100-199 |
0 | 0% |
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$50-99 |
0 | 0% |
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$25-49 |
0 | 0% |
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< $25 |
8 | 100% |
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