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What is Cooling Vest?

Category: Equipment

Most popular types: StaCool Vest

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See also: Cold Showers/bath Heat avoidance

A cooling vest or ice vest is a piece of equipment worn to cool a person down. Cooling vests are used by many sporting bodies, industry workers, doctors, and people with Multiple Sclerosis.

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Reported purpose & perceived effectiveness
Purpose Patients Evaluations Perceived Effectiveness
Heat intolerance 73 14
Multiple sclerosis 17 8
Fatigue 10 8
Nerve pain (neuralgia) 3 0
Exercise intolerance 1 0
General health 1 1

Show all 9 reasons taken

  • Major
  • Moderate
  • Slight
  • None
  • Can't tell
See all 177 patients that have used Cooling Vest

Side effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Side effects as an overall problem
Severity Evaluations Percentage
Severe 0
Moderate 0
Mild 2
None 24

Commonly reported side effects and conditions associated with Cooling Vest

Side effect Patients Percentage
Numbness 1

Why patients stopped taking Cooling Vest

Multiple reasons could be selected

Reason Patients Percentage
Other 5
Course of treatment ended 2
Did not seem to work 2
Personal research 1
See all 11 patients who've stopped using Cooling Vest

Duration

Stopped using Cooling Vest

Duration Patients Percentage
Less than 1 month 1
1 - 6 months 2
6 months - 1 year 1
1 - 2 years 4
2 - 5 years 2
5 - 10 years 1
Adherence
Adherence Evaluations Percentage
Always 9
Usually 12
Sometimes 4
Never taken as prescribed 1
Burden
Burden Evaluations Percentage
Very hard to take 0
Somewhat hard to take 1
A little hard to take 12
Not at all hard to take 13
Cost per month
Cost per month Evaluations Percentage
$200+ 0
$100-199 0
$50-99 0
$25-49 0
< $25 13
Not specified 13
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5 patient evaluations for Cooling Vest

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Aug 31, 2012 (Started Apr 27, 2009)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for fatigue)
  • Effectiveness
    Major (for heat intolerance)
  • Side effects
    None
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    A little hard to take
Dosage: As needed
Advice & Tips: Pellentesque habitant morbi tristique senectus et netus et malesuada fames ac turpis egestas. Phasellus faucibus turpis sed mi maximus mattis.
Cost: < $25 monthly

Sep 30, 2011 (Started Apr 27, 2009)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for heat intolerance)
  • Effectiveness
    None (for multiple sclerosis)
  • Side effects
    None
  • Adherence
    Usually
  • Burden
    A little hard to take
Dosage: As needed
Cost: < $25 monthly

Oct 1, 2010 (Started Apr 27, 2009)

  • Effectiveness
    None (for multiple sclerosis)
  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for heat intolerance)
  • Side effects
    None
  • Adherence
    Usually
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: As needed
Cost: < $25 monthly

Sep 30, 2009 (Started Apr 27, 2009)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for heat intolerance)
  • Side effects
    None
  • Adherence
    Usually
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: As needed
Advice & Tips: Pellentesque habitant morbi tristique senectus et netus et malesuada fames ac turpis egestas. Phasellus faucibus turpis sed mi maximus mattis.
  • 1 helpful mark

Jun 25, 2010 (Started Aug 19, 2002)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for heat intolerance)
  • Side effects
    None
  • Adherence
    Never taken as prescribed
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: As needed
Advice & Tips: Pellentesque habitant morbi tristique senectus et netus et malesuada fames ac turpis egestas. Phasellus faucibus turpis sed mi maximus mattis.

Jan 19, 2009 (Started Aug 19, 2002)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for heat intolerance)
  • Side effects
    None
  • Adherence
    Sometimes
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: As needed
Advice & Tips: Pellentesque habitant morbi tristique senectus et netus et malesuada fames ac turpis egestas. Phasellus faucibus turpis sed mi maximus mattis.
  • 0 helpful marks

Jun 2, 2010 (Started Jun 02, 2010)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for heat intolerance)
  • Effectiveness
    Major (for multiple sclerosis)
  • Side effects
    Mild (weight can be heavy use only ice packs that are needed)
  • Adherence
    Sometimes
  • Burden
    A little hard to take
Dosage: As needed
Advice & Tips: Pellentesque habitant morbi tristique senectus et netus et malesuada fames ac turpis egestas. Phasellus faucibus turpis sed mi maximus mattis.
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: weight can be heavy use only ice packs that are needed
  • 0 helpful marks
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