Table 1.
Characteristics of Patients with Pain at Waiting Room Screen
| Percentile Ranges | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Measure | Percent or Average | 25 | 50 | 75 |
| Sociodemographic characteristics | ||||
| Age | 49 | 37 | 47 | 59 |
| Female | 67% | |||
| Nonwhite | 11% | |||
| Living alone | 32% | |||
| Employed | 65% | |||
| Education (years) | 14 | 12 | 13 | 16 |
| Annual household income ($) | 47,726 | 25,000 | 45,000 | 62,500 |
| Pain symptoms | ||||
| Joint, arm, or leg pain | 34% | |||
| Back or neck pain | 22% | |||
| Sinus, ear, or facial pain | 13% | |||
| Abdominal pain | 9% | |||
| Headache and migraine | 8% | |||
| Chest pain | 7% | |||
| Pelvic pain | 3% | |||
| Pain from indigestion and constipation | 3% | |||
| Health measures | ||||
| Depressive symptoms | 33% | |||
| Pain interference | 4.84 | 2.3 | 5.0 | 7.3 |
| Pain bothersomeness | 6.64 | 5 | 7 | 9 |
| Restricted activity days due to physical health in past four weeks | 5.44 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| Number of comorbidities | 2.53 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Health care context | ||||
| Primary care physician at waiting room screen is patient's usual source of medical care | 80% | |||
| Patients seeing primary care physician first time for pain problem | 50% | |||
| Patients with visits to any health professional for pain problem in past six months | 57% | |||