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Home modification (ramp, lift) Treatment Report
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What is Home modification (ramp, lift)?
Home modifications can accommodate everyone from persons with mobility impairments to those with vision loss, hearing loss or even cognitive or developmental disabilities.
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Reasons Taken
104 patients in the community are using or have used Home modification (ramp, lift).
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients |
|---|---|---|
| Other | 34 | 32% |
| Mobility | 22 | 21% |
| disease-related symptoms | 12 | 11% |
| General health | 8 | 7% |
| Stiffness/spasticity | 7 | 6% |
| Weakness in legs | 5 | 4% |
| Fatigue | 3 | 2% |
| Endurance reduced (whole body) | 1 | <1% |
| Difficulty walking | 1 | <1% |
| Atrophy, lower body muscles | 1 | <1% |
| Atrophy, upper body muscles | 1 | <1% |
Duration
How long current patients have been using Home modification (ramp, lift) or how long patients were using Home modification (ramp, lift) before stopping.
Patient Reported Evaluations
Results from 10 patient evaluations. See the overall results and all individual evaluations.
Efficacy (Effect based on reason taken)
| Major | 100% | 6 |
|---|
Mobility
Side-effects (as an overall problem)
| Severe | 0% | 0 |
|---|---|---|
| Moderate | 0% | 0 |
| Mild | 0% | 0 |
| None | 100% | 10 |
Summary results are based on 10 individual responses. For more information, see overall results for Adherence, Burden and Cost.
Individual Patient Reported Evaluations (2 of 10)
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- Wayne Lampe
- Sex: M
- Mouth/throat: mild
- Arms: mild
- Chest: mild
- Legs: moderate
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by Wayne Lampe
Aug 23, 2008
- EfficacyMajor
- Side-effectsNone
- Endurance reduced (whole body)
- Advice/Tips
- Reconstructed bathroom $7000
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0 helpful marks
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- sheronemus
- Sex: M
- Mouth/throat: none
- Arms: moderate
- Chest: none
- Legs: moderate
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by sheronemus
Oct 28, 2008
- EfficacyNone
- Side-effectsNone
- Atrophy, upper body muscles
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0 helpful marks
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