What is Guided imagery?

Category: Complementary and Alternative Medicines

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Guided imagery is a type of relaxation exercise designed to engage your mind, body, and spirit.

Reported purpose & perceived effectiveness
Purpose Patients Evaluations Perceived Effectiveness
Anxious mood 4 0
Insomnia 3 0
General health 2 0
Pain 2 1
Back pain 1 0
Depressed mood 1 0

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  • Major
  • Moderate
  • Slight
  • None
  • Can't tell

Side effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Side effects as an overall problem
Severity Evaluations Percentage
Severe 0
Moderate 0
Mild 0
None 3

Commonly reported side effects and conditions associated with Guided imagery

Side effect Patients Percentage

Why patients stopped taking Guided imagery

Multiple reasons could be selected

Reason Patients Percentage
Did not seem to work 1
Other 1
Personal research 1
See 1 patient who's stopped using Guided imagery

Duration

Stopped using Guided imagery

Duration Patients Percentage
2 - 5 years 1
Adherence
Adherence Evaluations Percentage
Always 1
Usually 2
Sometimes 0
Never taken as prescribed 0
Burden
Burden Evaluations Percentage
Very hard to take 0
Somewhat hard to take 0
A little hard to take 1
Not at all hard to take 2
Cost per month
Cost per month Evaluations Percentage
$200+ 0
$100-199 0
$50-99 0
$25-49 0
< $25 1
Not specified 2
Last updated:
There are no evaluations for Guided imagery.