Table 3.

Use of Self-Care When Pain Gets Worse by Severity (Percent indicating use)

	Total	Low Severity	High Severity
Prescription/OTC Medications	27.8	23.9	30.6+
Topical Treatments	23.4	21.8	24.6
Movement, Exercise	9.3	8.1	10.1
Diet Supplements, Diet Change	1.5	1.3	1.6
Alternative Practices, (home remedies, meditation, prayer/religion)	6.5	5.1	7.6
Activity limitation	41.0	35.5	45.1*

^*p ≤ .05

⁺p ≤ .10.

Chi-square test for difference between low and high severity.