Reported Purpose & Perceived Effectiveness

Reasons and Perceived effectiveness
Perceived Effectiveness
Purpose # of patients # of patients with evaluations
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Improve communication 24 6 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate
Stiffness/Spasticity 9 3 Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_cant_tell
Weakness in arms 8 4 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_cant_tell
General health 5 1 Efficacy_major
Weakness in hands 4 1 Efficacy_cant_tell
Atrophy of hand muscles 4 1 Efficacy_cant_tell

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
0
Moderate
2
Mild
4
None
11

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Assistive Technology

Fatigue 1
Burning sensation in eyes 1
Muscle aches 1
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome 1

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Using (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other 6   Other: 100%
Did not seem to work 1   Did not seem to work: 17%

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How Long Current Patients Have Been Using Assistive Technology

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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 Assistive Technology

Always
9 53%
Usually
5 29%
Sometimes
2 12%
Never
1 6%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Assistive Technology

Very
3 18%
Somewhat
2 12%
A little
3 18%
Not at all
9 53%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Assistive Technology

$200+
2 29%
$100-199
1 14%
$50-99
0 0%
$25-49
0 0%
< $25
4 57%

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8 patient evaluations for Assistive Technology

Purposes: Stiffness/Spasticity and Improve communication (Started Aug 20, 2008)
Date Dosage Stiffness/Spasticity Perceived effectiveness Improve communication Perceived effectiveness Side Effects Adherence Burden
Jul 29, 2012 Daily ?Can't tell Led_efficacy_4Led_efficacy_4Led_efficacy_4Led_efficacy_4Major MildMildMildMildMild UsuallyUsuallyUsuallyUsuallyUsually SomewhatSomewhatSomewhatSomewhatSomewhat
Date
Jul 29, 2012
Advice & Tips
very slow but so multifunctional. A must have!
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Purposes: Yellow teeth, Teeth Chattering, Bruxism (teeth grinding), Sensitivity of teeth, Weakness in hands, Weakness in arms, and Stiffness/Spasticity (Started Mar 10, 2012)
Date Dosage Yellow teeth Perceived effectiveness Teeth Chattering Perceived effectiveness Bruxism (teeth grinding) Perceived effectiveness Sensitivity of teeth Perceived effectiveness Weakness in hands Perceived effectiveness Weakness in arms Perceived effectiveness Stiffness/Spasticity Perceived effectiveness Side Effects Adherence Burden
Jul 29, 2012 Daily Led_efficacy_4Led_efficacy_4Led_efficacy_4Led_efficacy_4 ? ? Led_efficacy_4Led_efficacy_4Led_efficacy_4Led_efficacy_4 ? ? ? NoneNoneNoneNone UsuallyUsuallyUsuallyUsually A littleA littleA littleA little
Date
Jul 29, 2012
Advice & Tips
I can't brush my own teeth or open my mouth wide. My care givers struggled to use a manual brush effectively Well worth £17.50 Oral-B ProfessionalCare 1000 Electric Toothbrush www.oralb.com/products/professional-care-1000-toothbrush/
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Purpose: Improve communication (Started Jun 05, 2010)
Date Dosage Perceived effectiveness Side Effects Adherence Burden
Jul 29, 2012 As needed Led_efficacy_4Led_efficacy_4Led_efficacy_4Led_efficacy_4Major ModerateModerateModerateModerateModerate UsuallyUsuallyUsuallyUsuallyUsually SomewhatSomewhatSomewhatSomewhatSomewhat
Date
Jul 29, 2012
Advice & Tips
I use a Tobii Eyegaze P10 with C-Eye technology It changed my life. An online manual can be found at this web address: http://www.tobii.com/Global/Assistive/Downloads_Training_Documents/MyTobii_P10/PDF/User's%20Manual/MyTobii_User_Manual_English.pdf it's cool. I write about it here: http://kbnotestoself.blogspot.co.uk/2010/10/interview-with-steve-northwest.html
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