Biofeedback Treatment Report

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What is Biofeedback?

An example of Biofeedback

Biofeedback is a form of alternative medicine that measures quantifiable bodily functions such as blood pressure, heart rate, skin temperature, sweat gland activity, and muscle tension, conveying the information in real-time to increase awareness conscious control of physiological activities.

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 14 2 Efficacy_major Efficacy_slight
Relaxation 4 0
Support lung health 1 0
Atrophy of arm muscles 1 1 Efficacy_cant_tell
Urethral discomfort 1 0
Muscle spasms 1 0

See all 14 patients currently using Biofeedback

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
0
Moderate
0
Mild
0
None
5

Reported Schedules

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently using Biofeedback. See all 13 dosages

  1other as needed daily 1 hr monthly 1 hr every other week 1 hr weekly 1 other weekly 2 hr weekly 5 min daily 10 min daily 60 min daily
  2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Using Biofeedback (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work 5   Did not seem to work: 50%
Course of treatment ended 3   Course of treatment ended: 30%
Other 2   Other: 20%
Expense 1   Expense: 10%

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Currently Using Biofeedback

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
0
0
0

Stopped Using Biofeedback

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0

Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Biofeedback

Always
3 60%
Usually
1 20%
Sometimes
1 20%
Never
0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Biofeedback

Very
0 0%
Somewhat
1 20%
A little
2 40%
Not at all
2 40%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Biofeedback

$200+
0 0%
$100-199
1 100%
$50-99
0 0%
$25-49
0 0%
< $25
0 0%

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1 patient evaluation for Biofeedback

Purposes: Atrophy of arm muscles and ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis) (Started Jun 08, 2011)
Date Dosage Atrophy of arm muscles Perceived effectiveness ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis) Perceived effectiveness Side Effects Adherence Burden
Aug 10, 2011 1 M,W,F ?Can't tell ?Can't tell NoneNoneNoneNoneNone AlwaysAlwaysAlwaysAlwaysAlways A littleA littleA littleA littleA little
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4 additional evaluations for Biofeedback are not currently shared publicly.

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