TABLE 1.
Patient-Reported Baseline Demographics and Clinical Characteristics
| Overall (N = 489) | |
|---|---|
| Sex, female, n (%) | 304 (62.2) |
| Age (mean ± SD years) | 52.6 ± 11.6 |
| Race, n (%) | |
| White/Caucasian | 415 (84.9) |
| Black | 24 (4.9) |
| Asian | 22 (4.5) |
| Hispanic/Latino/Latin American | 9 (1.8) |
| Other or prefer not to state | 18 (3.7) |
| Missing | 1 (0.2) |
| Health rating, n (%) | |
| Excellent | 7 (1.4) |
| Very good | 33 (6.7) |
| Good | 145 (29.7) |
| Fair | 207 (42.3) |
| Poor | 94 (19.2) |
| Missing | 3 (0.6) |
| Type of chronic pain,a n (%) | |
| Back pain | 375 (76.7) |
| Joint pain | 252 (51.5) |
| Pain syndrome | 162 (33.1) |
| Neuralgia | 115 (23.5) |
| Osteoarthritis | 95 (19.4) |
| Headache or migraine | 78 (16.0) |
| Fibromyalgia | 71 (14.5) |
| Rheumatoid arthritis | 41 (8.4) |
| Other | 76 (15.5) |
| Duration of chronic pain (mean ± SD years) | 9.8 ± 8.9 |
| Duration of opioid medication use (mean ± SD years) | 6.4 ± 6.3 |
|
How much does constipation interfere with the
ability of your opioid medication to control pain? n (%) |
n = 458 |
| No interference; pain adequately managed | 89 (19.4) |
| Little interference; pain mostly managed | 145 (31.7) |
| Moderate interference; pain moderately managed | 202 (44.1) |
| Complete interference with adequate pain management; pain not at all managed |
22 (4.8) |
aThis category is not mutually exclusive; participants were able to select more than 1 type of chronic pain.
SD = standard deviation.