No Mental Health Disorder | Mental Health Disorder | P Value* | P Value† | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Non–Opioid User (n = 42,908) | Opioid User (n = 1,983) | Non–Opioid User (n = 5,690) | Opioid User (n = 1,310) | |||
Health status | ||||||
SF-12, mean (SE) | ||||||
PCS score | 50.9 (0.08) | 37.8 (0.47) | 47.7 (0.20) | 33.5 (0.50) | <.001 | <.001 |
MCS score | 53.1 (0.06) | 49.6 (0.32) | 43.9 (0.20) | 40.6 (0.40) | <.001 | <.001 |
Fair or poor overall health | 8.8 | 32.2 | 21.0 | 54.3 | <.001 | <.001 |
Self-reported limitation due to pain | <.001 | <.001 | ||||
None or little | 84.6 | 40.2 | 69.4 | 21.2 | ||
Moderate | 8.6 | 19.6 | 14.4 | 18.9 | ||
Severe | 6.8 | 40.2 | 16.2 | 60.0 | ||
Smoker | 15.2 | 24.9 | 22.4 | 36.7 | <.001 | <.001 |
Number of comorbidities | <.001 | <.001 | ||||
0 | 89.0 | 72.8 | 78.3 | 58.2 | ||
1–2 | 7.9 | 15.9 | 15.4 | 23.7 | ||
≥3 | 3.1 | 11.3 | 6.3 | 18.1 | ||
Self-reported limitation | ||||||
Any self-reported limitation | 19.6 | 61.2 | 42.7 | 81.2 | <.001 | <.001 |
Physical limitation | 8.3 | 40.1 | 21.0 | 59.3 | <.001 | <.001 |
Social limitation | 2.8 | 18.7 | 11.7 | 36.0 | <.001 | <.001 |
Cognitive limitation | 2.7 | 11.3 | 13.6 | 30.9 | <.001 | <.001 |
Healthcare use | ||||||
Has usual source of care | 71.0 | 86.8 | 85.0 | 91.3 | <.001 | <.01 |
Had inpatient surgery | 2.9 | 18.2 | 4.2 | 18.0 | <.001 | .93 |
Had outpatient surgery | 3.6 | 17.5 | 6.1 | 13.7 | <.001 | .04 |
Had at least one ED visit for injury | 15.3 | 41.5 | 25.1 | 43.5 | <.001 | .38 |
Data are percentages unless otherwise indicated. All estimates are weighted to represent the U.S. noninstitutionalized population. The t test was used to compare means, and the χ2 test was used to compare proportions.
↵* P value compares non–opioid users with opioid users among adults with mental health disorders.
↵† P value compares adult opioid users with versus those without mental health disorders.
ED, emergency department; MCS, mental component summary; PCS, physical component summary; SE, standard error; SF-12, 12-item Short Form.