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Published in final edited form as: AIDS Behav. 2023 Mar 22;27(10):3239–3247. doi: 10.1007/s10461-023-04044-w

Table 3.

Use of Other Pain Treatments in the past 3 months, Mental health counseling, and substances used by Prescription Opioid Use. Cell entries are n (%).

USED PRESCRIPTION OPIOIDS?
Total
(n = 187)
Yes
(n = 39)
No
(n = 148)
p-value
Non-Pharmacological Professional Treatments
 Massage 19 (10.2%) 6 (15.4%) 13 (8.8%) 0.225
 Acupuncture/acupressure 13 (7.0%) 1 (2.6%) 12 (8.1%) 0.238
 Physical Therapy 26 (13.9%) 13 (33.3%) 13 (8.8%) < 0.001
 Spinal Stimulator 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) N/A
 Osteopathy/Chiropracty 11 (5.9%) 1 (2.6%) 10 (6.7%) 0.322
 Biofeedback with Provider 1 (0.5%) 0 (0.0%) 1 (0.7%) 0.607
Mind-Body Treatments
 Stretch, Strength or Aerobic Exercise 91 (48.9%) 25 (64.1%) 66 (44.9%) 0.033
 Meditation 44 (23.5%) 10 (25.6%) 34 (23.0%) 0.727
 Yoga 16 (8.6%) 3 (7.7%) 13 (8.8%) 0.828
Non-Pharmacological Self-Administered Treatments
 Biofeedback 2 (1.1%) 0 (0.0%) 2 (1.4%) 0.536
 Self-administered TENS 6 (3.2%) 1 (2.6%) 5 (3.4%) 0.797
 Heat/Cold 96 (51.3%) 21 (53.8%) 75 (50.7%) 0.725
 Rubs/Trigger Point Massage 62 (33.5%) 14 (36.8%) 48 (32.7%) 0.626
Pain Injections 16 (8.6%) 4 (10.3%) 12 (8.1%) 0.670
Saw Mental Health Counselor 38 (20.3%) 6 (15.4%) 32 (21.6%) 0.389
Recent Alcohol Use 77 (41.2%) 15 (38.5%) 62 (41.9%) 0.699
Recent Benzodiazepine Use 30 (16.1%) 12 (30.8%) 18 (12.2%) 0.005
Recent Marijuana Use 84 (45.2%) 17 (43.6%) 67 (45.6%) 0.824
Recent Heroin Use 2 (1.1%) 0 (0.0%) 2 (1.4%) 0.465
Recent Cocaine Use 20 (10.7%) 0 (0.0%) 20 (13.5%) 0.015
Recent Amphetamine Use 12 (6.4%) 1 (2.6%) 11 (7.4%) 0.270