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What is Hot Spa Tub?

A hot tub is a large home-made or manufactured tub or small pool full of heated water and used for soaking, relaxation, massage, or hydrotherapy. In most cases, they have jets for massage purposes.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Pain 15 1 Efficacy_moderate
Fibromyalgia 12 3 Efficacy_major Efficacy_slight
Muscle pain 10 4 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight
Promote relaxation 4 3 Efficacy_major
General health 3 0
Other 2 0

See all 53 patients currently using Hot Spa Tub

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 0
Moderate
 1
Mild
 2
None
 9

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Hot Spa Tub

Circadian Rhythm Sleep Disorder 1

Reported Schedules

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently using Hot Spa Tub. See all 31 dosages ►

  1other as needed 3 other weekly 1 hr daily 1 other daily 2 mg daily 20 min weekly 15 min daily 20 min daily 30 min daily 45 min daily
  4 Number of Patients: 4 2 Number of Patients: 2 5 Number of Patients: 5 5 Number of Patients: 5 1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3 3 Number of Patients: 3 4 Number of Patients: 4 4 Number of Patients: 4 2 Number of Patients: 2  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Using (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other 2   Other: 50%
Expense 1   Expense: 25%
Doctor's advice 1   Doctor's advice: 25%
Side effects too severe 1   Side effects too severe: 25%

See all 4 patients who’ve stopped using Hot Spa Tub

Reported Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

How Long Current Patients Have Been Using Hot Spa Tub

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

How Long Patients Used Before Stopping

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
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0
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Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Hot Spa Tub

Always
 3 25%
Usually
 5 42%
Sometimes
 4 33%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Hot Spa Tub

Very
 0 0%
Somewhat
 1 8%
A little
 4 33%
Not at all
 7 58%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Hot Spa Tub

$200+
 1 17%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 2 33%
$25-49
 2 33%
< $25
 1 17%

Report created on May 28, 2012.