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. 2007 Jul 20;22(9):1268–1273. doi: 10.1007/s11606-007-0257-6

Table 2.

Characteristics of Respondents by IPA Status

Characteristics Any abuse; 30 days (n = 97) Physical; lifetime (n = 392) Sexual; lifetime (n = 275) All subjects (reference; not comparison) (n = 1,009)
Demographics
 Female (%) 85* 83* 89* 69
 Age (mean) 44.2* 46.1* 45.8* 48.8
 African/Native American, Hispanic (%) 21 20* 18* 24
Marital status
 Married (%) 27.8* 36.7* 36.4* 44.0
 Widowed (%) 4.1 5.6 6.5 5.6
 Separated/divorced (%) 48.5* 39.5* 37.8† 31.7
 Never married 19.6 18.1 19.3 18.7
Education (mean years) 13.1 13.1 13.3 13.1
Employment
 Full/part-time or student (%) 43.3 39.8 40.7 44.2
 Disability (%) 39.2 49.5 49.5 45.1
 Unemployed/seeking work (%) 17.5 10.7 9.8 10.6
Health care utilization
 Hospitalized (past 12 months) (%) 35.1 37.0 34.2 35.3
 Primary care visits, mean (past 12 months) 9.6† 8.6* 9.0* 7.8
Mental health
 ASI Psych Scale—composite score (past 30 days) 0.45* 0.34* 0.36* 0.27
 PTSD diagnosis (past 7 days; %) 23.9* 16.8* 20.1* 11.3
 Lifetime attempted suicide (%) 32* 36* 41* 20
Substance use disorders
 Alcohol abuse/dependence (past 30 days; %) 9.3* 4.6 4.0 4.1
 Illicit drug use—patient report, (past 30 days and/or positive UA) (%) 32.0 26.0 26.9 24.0
 Prescription opioid drug abuse (past 30 days; %) 3.1 4.3 4.4 3.6
Pain diagnoses
 Fibromyalgia/myofascial pain 6 8* 9* 6
 Headache (%) 9 11 13 11
 Lower back (%) 20 20 15 20
 Arthritis (%) 25 20† 23 24
 All other diagnoses (%) 40 41 39 39

*P < .01

P < .05