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What is Prayer?

Category: Others

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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.

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Reported purpose & perceived effectiveness
Purpose Patients Evaluations Perceived Effectiveness
General health 203 37
Uncomfortable 90 9
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis 44 4
Support spiritual health 39 15
Anxious mood 28 6

Show all 41 reasons taken

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  • None
  • Can't tell
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Side effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Side effects as an overall problem
Severity Evaluations
Severe 3
Moderate 1
Mild 3
None 132

Commonly reported side effects and conditions associated with Prayer

Side effect Patients
Anxious mood 1
Compulsive behaviors 1
Peace and joy (yes, joy) 1
Stress 1

Dosages

Based on patients currently using Prayer

Dosage Patients
30 min daily 23
15 min daily 10
daily 7
1 hr daily 6
1 other daily 6
60 min daily 5
2 hr daily 4
10 min daily 4
20 min daily 4
5 min all the time (24/7) 3

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Why patients stopped taking Prayer

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Reason Patients
Did not seem to work 5
Other 4
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Duration

Currently using Prayer

Duration Patients
6 months - 1 year 1
2 - 5 years 1
5 - 10 years 25
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
Adherence
Adherence Evaluations
Always 80
Usually 42
Sometimes 16
Never taken as prescribed 1
Burden
Burden Evaluations
Very hard to take 1
Somewhat hard to take 8
A little hard to take 18
Not at all hard to take 112
Cost per month
Cost per month Evaluations
$200+ 0
$100-199 0
$50-99 1
$25-49 0
< $25 61
Not specified 77
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26 patient evaluations for Prayer

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Dec 20, 2016 (Started Nov 15, 1978)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for General health)
  • Side effects
    None
  • Adherence
    Sometimes
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 10 min Five times daily
Advice & Tips: I pray publicly to help my TORMENT Problem get better.
Cost: < $25 monthly

Nov 7, 2016 (Started Nov 15, 1978)

  • Effectiveness
    Can't tell (for General health)
  • Side effects
    None
  • Adherence
    Sometimes
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: As needed
Advice & Tips: I believe prayer come with a cost or it is meaningless.
Cost: < $25 monthly
  • 0 helpful marks

Nov 2, 2016 (Started Jan 01, 1971)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for spiritual enlightenment)
  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for General health)
  • Side effects
    None
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    A little hard to take
Dosage: 15 min Daily
Cost: < $25 monthly
  • 0 helpful marks

Nov 23, 2014 (Started Oct 31, 1988)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for General health)
  • Side effects
    None
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 10 min Daily
Cost: < $25 monthly

Aug 17, 2013 (Started Oct 31, 1988)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for General health)
  • Side effects
    None
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 10 min Daily
  • 0 helpful marks
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