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What is Prayer?
Prayer is an active effort to communicate with a deity or spirit either to offer praise, to make a request, seek guidance, confess sins, or simply to express one's thoughts and emotions. The words of the prayer may either be a set hymn or incantation, or a spontaneous utterance.
Reported Purpose & Perceived Effectiveness
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| Purpose | # of patients | # of patients with evaluations | Major | Moderate | Slight | None | Can’t tell |
| General health | 196 | 25 |
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| Uncomfortable | 89 | 12 |
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| spiritual enlightenment | 81 | 11 |
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| ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis) | 43 | 3 |
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| Support spiritual health | 33 | 10 |
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| Anxious mood | 29 | 5 |
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Reported Side Effects
Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Prayer
| Anxious mood | 1 | |
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| Compulsive behaviors | 1 | |
| Peace and Joy (yes, joy) | 1 | |
| Hospitalization | 1 |
Reported Schedules
Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently using Prayer. See all 118 dosages ►
Reported Stop Reasons
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients | |
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| Did not seem to work | 4 |  |
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| Other | 4 | |
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 Prayer
Always |
55 | 57% |
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Usually |
32 | 33% |
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Sometimes |
8 | 8% |
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Never |
1 | 1% |
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Burden
Difficulty being on treatment
Burden of Prayer
Very |
0 | 0% |
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Somewhat |
5 | 5% |
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A little |
10 | 10% |
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Not at all |
81 | 84% |
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Cost
Paid out of pocket
Cost of Prayer
$200+ |
0 | 0% |
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$100-199 |
0 | 0% |
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$50-99 |
1 | 2% |
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$25-49 |
0 | 0% |
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< $25 |
43 | 98% |
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