What is Prayer?
Category: Others
Most popular types: Prayer, supplication and repentance. Bible Study Groups Divine Mercy Chaplet Prayer
See also: Anointing and prayer by others Faith Prayer/meditation
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.
| Purpose | Patients | Evaluations | Perceived Effectiveness |
|---|---|---|---|
| General health | 204 | 38 | |
| Uncomfortable | 90 | 9 | |
| Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis | 44 | 4 | |
| Support spiritual health | 39 | 15 | |
| Anxious mood | 28 | 6 |
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Side effects
Side effects as an overall problem
| Severity | Evaluations | |
|---|---|---|
| Severe | 3 | |
| Moderate | 1 | |
| Mild | 4 | |
| None | 136 |
Commonly reported side effects and conditions associated with Prayer
| Side effect | Patients | |
|---|---|---|
| Anxious mood | 2 | |
| Compulsive behavior | 1 | |
| Stress | 1 |
Why patients stopped taking Prayer
Multiple reasons could be selected
| Reason | Patients | |
|---|---|---|
| Did not seem to work | 5 | |
| Other | 4 |
Duration
Currently using Prayer
| Duration | Patients | |
|---|---|---|
| 6 months - 1 year | 1 | |
| 1 - 2 years | 1 | |
| 2 - 5 years | 1 | |
| 5 - 10 years | 20 | |
| 10 years or more | 82 |
Stopped using Prayer
| Duration | Patients | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 - 6 months | 2 | |
| 6 months - 1 year | 2 | |
| 1 - 2 years | 1 | |
| 2 - 5 years | 1 | |
| 10 years or more | 1 |
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