Table 3.

Mental Health Services Utilization in the Past 12 Months by Individuals with and without a Chronic Pain Condition, by Age Group

		With Chronic Pain (N=3135)			Without Chronic Pain (N=3494)
Mental Health Service Utilization, N (%)	Overall (N=6629)	18~60 (N=2074)	Over 60 (N=1061)	Chisq (df) P Value	18~60 (N=2904)	Over 60 (N=590)	Chisq (df) P Value
Perceived the need for mental health care	1005 (11.5%)	530 (22.3%)	96 (7.4%)	42.88 (1) p<0.001	361 (9.1%)	18 (2.0%)	42.42 (1) p<0.001
Screened by primary care for mental health/substance use problem	2000 (27.7%)	842 (37.8%)	237 (22.0%)	42.24 (1) p<0.001	824 (26.7%)	97 (17.1%)	11.68 (1) p=0.0006
Received any mental health care	658 (6.9%)	347 (12.5%)	61 (4.4%)	50.06 (1) p<0.001	238 (6.1%)	12 (1.0%)	33.78 p<0.001
Primary care provided mental health/substance abuse counseling	530 (5.8%)	291 (10.6%)	48 (4.0%)	37.94 (1) p<0.001	180 (4.7%)	11 (1.5%)	14.72 (1) p=0.0001
Visited a mental health care specialist	514 (5.2%)	267 (9.3%)	35 (2.0%)	50.46 (1) p<0.001	202 (5.1%)	10 (0.7%)	37.50 (1) p<0.001
Guideline-consistent mental health/substance abuse counseling	424 (4.3%)	230 (8.2%)	32 (2.2%)	35.46 (1) p<0.001	155 (3.7%)	7 (0.6%)	28.03 (1) p<0.001
Took psychiatric medications
Antidepressants	808 (9.2%)	411 (15.1%)	130 (10.8%)	6.09 (1) p=0.014	237 (6.4%)	30 (4.2%)	2.77 (1) p=0.096
Guideline-consistent antidepressants	596 (6.1%)	310 (10.7%)	83 (5.8%)	28.03 (1) p<0.001	184 (4.3%)	19 (3.3%)	0.66 (1) p=0.415
Satisfied with mental health care	3571 (53.1%)	1114 (52.4%)	573 (54.0%)	0.33 (1) p=0.565	1590 (54.6%)	294 (47.1%)	8.26 (1) p=0.004
Got less treatment than needed	273 (3.2%)	158 (7.2%)	21 (1.4%)	19.45 (1) p<0.001	92 (2.2%)	2 (0.2%)	29.67 (1) p<0.001