What is Walking?

An example of Walking

Walking is a moderate form of physical activity that can have important health benefits.

Reported Purpose & Perceived Effectiveness

Reasons and Perceived effectiveness
Perceived Effectiveness
Purpose # of patients # of patients with evaluations
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
General health 307 66 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
exercise 72 20 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_cant_tell
Fibromyalgia 44 10 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_cant_tell
Stiffness/Spasticity 23 5 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_none
Improve mobility 22 5 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_cant_tell
Walking problems 21 3 Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_none

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Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Doing Walking (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other 35   Other: 61%
Side effects too severe 13   Side effects too severe: 23%
I didn't have enough time 8   I didn't have enough time: 14%
Did not seem to work 6   Did not seem to work: 11%
Not indicated 3   Not indicated: 5%
Doctor's advice 2   Doctor's advice: 4%
Course of treatment ended 1   Course of treatment ended: 2%
Personal research 1   Personal research: 2%

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Currently Doing Walking

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Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Walking

Always
33 25%
Usually
60 46%
Sometimes
29 22%
Never
8 6%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Walking

Very
17 13%
Somewhat
30 23%
A little
45 35%
Not at all
38 29%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Walking

$200+
1 1%
$100-199
1 1%
$50-99
0 0%
$25-49
2 3%
< $25
69 95%

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28 patient evaluations for Walking

Purposes: Obesity and General health (Started Feb 22, 2012)
Date Dosage Obesity Perceived effectiveness General health Perceived effectiveness Side Effects Adherence Burden
Jan 08, 2013 Daily Led_efficacy_3Led_efficacy_3Led_efficacy_3Led_defaultModerate Led_efficacy_3Led_efficacy_3Led_efficacy_3Led_defaultModerate NoneNoneNoneNoneNone UsuallyUsuallyUsuallyUsuallyUsually SomewhatSomewhatSomewhatSomewhatSomewhat
Mar 14, 2012 Daily Led_efficacy_2Led_efficacy_2Led_defaultLed_defaultSlight Led_efficacy_2Led_efficacy_2Led_defaultLed_defaultSlight NoneNoneNoneNoneNone SometimesSometimesSometimesSometimesSometimes VeryVeryVeryVeryVery
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    Sex: F
    Data Quality: 2 stars
    MS: 12 yrs
    Type: Relapsing-Remitting
    Sensation: Severe
    Overall: Moderate
    Cognition: moderate
    Vision: moderate
    Speech: moderate
    Swallowing: moderate
    Upper limb: moderate
    Walking: moderate
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Purposes: Weight loss, MS (Multiple Sclerosis), and Ischemic Cardiac Dysfunction (Started Jun 05, 2012)
Date Dosage Weight loss Perceived effectiveness MS (Multiple Sclerosis) Perceived effectiveness Ischemic Cardiac Dysfunction Perceived effectiveness Side Effects Adherence Burden
Jul 01, 2012 90 min Daily Led_efficacy_3Led_efficacy_3Led_efficacy_3Led_default Led_efficacy_2Led_efficacy_2Led_defaultLed_default ? ModerateModerateModerateModerate AlwaysAlwaysAlwaysAlways SomewhatSomewhatSomewhatSomewhat
Date
Jul 01, 2012
Advice & Tips
BAH HUMBUG!
Cost
< $25 monthly
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Purpose: Fibromyalgia (Started Jun 16, 2011)
Date Dosage Perceived effectiveness Side Effects Adherence Burden
Jun 23, 2011 Weekly Led_efficacy_2Led_efficacy_2Led_defaultLed_defaultSlight ModerateModerateModerateModerateModerate UsuallyUsuallyUsuallyUsuallyUsually A littleA littleA littleA littleA little
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