Gender* | | | | |
Females (%) | 51 (54.8) | 51 (54.8) | 1.00 | |
Smoker* (%) | 63 (67.7) | 48 (51.6) | 0.04 | More smokers in intervention group |
Use of Benzodiazepine before intervention* (%) | 23 (24.7) | 38 (40.9) | 0.03 | More Benzo. use in the control group before intervention |
Use of Carisoprodol* (%) | 3 (3.2) | 4 (4.3) | 1.00 | |
Positive substance abuse history* (%) | 36 (38.7) | 9 (9.7) | 0.00 | More substance abuse dx in the intervention group‡ |
Age†(%) | | | 0.9 | |
18 to 29 | 4 (4.3) | 4 (4.3) | |
30 to 39 | 15 (16.1) | 13 (14) | |
40 to 49 | 21 (22.6) | 28 (30.1) | |
50 to 59 | 32 (34.4) | 21 (22.6) | |
60–69 | 12 (12.9) | 18 (19.4) | |
70–79 | 9 (9.7) | 7 (7.5) | |
80 to 89 | 0 | 2 (2.2) | |
Insurance type§ (%) | | | 0.89 | |
Uninsured | 6 (6.5) | 4 (4.3) | |
Veterans | 1 (1.1) | 1 (1.1) | |
Medicare | 29 (31.2) | 35 (37.6) | |
Medicaid | 32 (34.4) | 30 (32.3) | |
Private | 25 (26.9) | 23 (24.7) | |
Psychiatric diagnose§ (%) | | | 0.03 | More generalized anxiety in the control group; more PTSD in the experimental group‡ |
None | 27 (29) | 23 (24.7) |
Depression | 40 (43) | 39 (41.9) |
Anxiety d/o | 11 (11.8) | 26 (28) |
Bipolar | 3 (3.2) | 2 (2.2) |
PTSD | 11 (11.8) | 3 (3.2) |
Schizophrenia | 1 (1.1) | 0 |
Type of pain§ (%) | | | 0.00 | More patients with cervical/lumbar radiculopathy in the intervention group‡ |
Migraine | 4 (4.3) | 6 (6.5) |
Osteoarthritis | 32 (34.4) | 41 (44.1) |
Rheumatoid Arthritis | 1 (1.1) | 4 (4.3) |
Cervical/lumbar Radic. | 30 (32.3) | 5 (5.4) |
Diabetic Neuropathy | 3 (3.2) | 4 (4.3) |
Fibromyalgia | 8 (8.6) | 11 (11.8) |
Somatic dysfunction | 8 (8.6) | 11 (11.8) |
GI/pelvic pain | 7 (7.5) | 11 (11.8) |
Type of opioid§ | | | 0.24 | |
T #3 | 5 (5.4) | 1 (1.1) | |
Tramadol | 7 (7.5) | 9 (9.7) | |
Hydrocodone | 53 (57) | 53 (57) | |
Morphine | 8 (8.6) | 3 (3.2) | |
Oxycodone | 10 (10.8) | 15 (16.1) | |
Fentanyl | 4 (4.3) | 8 (8.6) | |
Methadone¶ | 6 (6.5) | 4 (4.3) | |
MME strata and number of patients at each strata† (%) | | | 0.94 | |
<20 | 3 (3.2) | 3 (3.2) | |
20 to 49 | 43 (46.2) | 43 (46.2) | |
50–99 | 29 (31.2) | 30 (32.3) | |
100 to 149 | 4 (4.3) | 4 (4.3) | |
150 – 199 | 4 (4.3) | 4 (4.3) | |
200 to 249 | 3 (3.2) | 3 (3.2) | |
250 to 299 | 1 (1.1) | 2 (2.2) | |
300 to 349 | 5 (5.4) | 1 (1.1) | |
350 to 399 | 0 | 1 (1.1) | |
400 to 449 | 1 (1.1) | 2 (2.2) | |