Table 4.
Filled prescription of opioids categorised in four groups according to Defined Daily Dose (DDDd), among Sami and non-Sami men who reported chronic musculoskeletal pain, the SAMINOR 2 Questionnaire Survey (2012) and the Norwegian Prescription Database (2012–2019).
| Sami |
Non-Sami |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No prescriptions |
≤180 DDD 1 prescription |
≤180 DDD 2 or more prescriptions |
>180 DDD |
No prescriptions |
≤180 DDD 1 prescription |
≤180 DDD 2 or more prescriptions |
>180 DDD |
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| Year | N | % (n) | % (n) | % (n) | % (n) | % (n) | % (n) | % (n) | % (n) | P-valuea |
| 2012b | 1859 | 80.5 (326) | 8.6 (35) | 9.4 (38) | 1.5 (6) | 81.2 (1181) | 9.1 (133) | 7.9 (115) | 1.7 (25) | .79 |
| 2013b | 1845 | 81.3 (327) | 9.2 (37) | 8.5 (34) | 1.0 (4) | 82.8 (1195) | 8.7 (125) | 6.8 (98) | 1.7 (25) | .48 |
| 2014b | 1833 | 81.8 (328) | 8.2 (33) | 9.0 (36) | 1.0 (4) | 82.4 (1180) | 8.4 (121) | 7.6 (109) | 1.5 (22) | .70 |
| 2015b | 1813 | 81.6 (324) | 11.1 (44) | 6.3 (25) | 1.0 (4) | 79.9 (1131) | 10.2 (145) | 8.4 (119) | 1.5 (21) | .47 |
| 2016b | 1788 | 81.5 (317) | 9.8 (38) | 7.5 (29) | 1.3 (5) | 82.1 (1149) | 8.1 (114) | 8.1 (113) | 1.6 (23) | .72 |
| 2017b | 1775 | 81.7 (317) | 9.0 (35) | 8.0 (31) | 1.3 (5) | 84.1 (1166) | 7.3 (101) | 7.1 (98) | 1.6 (22) | .59 |
| 2018c | 1766 | 81.1 (314) | 9.6 (37) | 8.3 (32) | 1.0 (4) | 81.7 (1127) | 9.9 (136) | 6.8 (94) | 1.6 (22) | .66 |
| 2019c | 1760 | 83.4 (322) | 8.8 (34) | 6.2 (24) | 1.6 (6) | 85.4 (1174) | 7.6 (105) | 5.2 (729) | 1.7 (23) | .75 |
| 2012–2019 combined | 1760 | 46.1 (178) | 19.2 (74) | 28.0 (108) | 6.7 (26) | 47.6 (654) | 18.3 (252) | 27.5 (378) | 6.6 (90) | .96 |
| 2012–2019 combined, weak opioidsd | 1760 | 46.9 (181) | 18.7 (72) | 27.7 (107) | 6.7 (26) | 48.8 (670) | 18.3 (251) | 26.7 (367) | 6.3 (86) | .93 |
| 2012–2019 combined, strong opioidse | 1760 | 94.0 (363) | 3.4 (13) | 2.3 (9) | 0.3 (1) | 94.0 (1292) | 1.9 (26) | 3.6 (49) | 0.5 (7) | .19 |
Abbreviations: DDD, Defined Daily Dose; aComparing Sami and non-Sami by Pearson’s chi-square test. bexcluded persons who died, emigrated, or received palliative treatment, cexcluded persons who died or received palliative treatment; dWeak opioids includes ATC codes N02AJ, N02AX02; eStrong opioids includes ATC codes N02AA, N02AB, N02AC, N02AD01, N02AE, N02AG, N02AX06.