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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Drug Alcohol Depend. 2009 May 26;104(1-2):34–42. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2009.03.021

Table 2.

Unadjusted associations between automated and interview data and most likely patient class

Most Likely Latent Class Data Source
Typical (n = 580) Addictive Behaviors (n=82) Pain Dysfunction (n=42) p-value omnibus test Automated Interview
Male 35% 51% 45% 0.014 x
Age mean (s.d.) 55.9 (10.6) 52.24 (10.6) 53.8 (10.3) 0.010 x
Education, more than high school 75% 68% 78% 0.338 x
Married or living as married 67% 70% 76% 0.410 x
Caucasian 90% 90% 95% 0.581 x
Employement Status 0.052* x
   Employed 42% 41% 17%
   Unemployed 3% 1% 2%
   Not in paid work force 29% 27% 37%
   Unable to work 23% 31% 41%
   Other 3% 0% 2%
Current Smoker 24% 32% 32% 0.160 x
Opioid problems diagnosed past 3 yrs 3% 10% 10% 0.002 x
Non-opioid drug problems diagnosed past 3 yrs 6% 11% 19% 0.003 x
Alcohol potential problem 6% 11% 2% 0.150 x
Sedative potential problem 4% 12% 10% 0.004 x
Marijuana potential problem 8% 11% 5% 0.472 x
Heroin, cocaine and/or methamphetamine potential problem 3% 6% 2% 0.248 x
Benzodiazepines any prescribed past year 32% 46% 40% 0.026 x
Anxiety visit past year 16% 23% 29% 0.039 x
Mood disorder visit past year 27% 41% 26% 0.020 x
Inpatient stay any past year 14% 22% 19% 0.131 x
Ugent care/E.R. visit any past year 18% 24% 33% 0.021 x
Years since first chronic pain >10 56% 44% 56% 0.150 x
Believe opiates work best for pain 54% 63% 76% 0.009 x
Believe more pain relief possible w/ opiates 35% 32% 40% 0.653 x
Avg. prescribed daily opioid dose in mg past year mean (s.d.) 43.0 (84.2) 131.9 (195.6) 127.8 (129.6) <0.001 x
Opioid type used during past year <0.001* x
   Schedule III only 31% 15% 10%
   Schedule II- any short acting no long acting 37% 22% 19%
   Schedule II- any long acting 32% 63% 71%
*

df=8

**

df=4