Table 1.

Patient Demographic and Descriptive Characteristics between Male and Female Patients (N=613)

Variable	Male (N= 276)	Female (N = 335)	p
Age	50.19 ±12.30	50.52 ±13.62	NS
Married (% yes)	54.3	40.3	X2=22.59***
Race (% Caucasian)	84.8	77.6	NS
High school graduate (% yes)	88.4	91.3	NS
Recv disability (SSI, WC; % yes)	57.6	56.0	NS
Litigation (% active)	9.9	10.7	NS
Pain site (% low back)	64.5	63.3	NS
Pain site (% head)	5.8	10.7	X2=8.28*
Pain relief from meds‡ (%)	33.7±28.15	30.7±30.72	NS
Pain adequately treated (% yes)	78.2	72.9	NS
Yrs taking opioids	6.63 ±11.73	5.44 ±8.25	NS
Pain:† Worst (24 hrs; 0-10)	7.16 ±2.10	7.20 ±2.20	NS
Least (24 hrs; 0-10)	4.38 ±2.24	4.60 ±2.35	NS
Average (24 hrs; 0-10)	5.89 ±1.93	6.00 ±1.75	NS
Now (0-10)	5.57 ±2.22	5.86 ±2.34	NS
Marlow-Crowne Score (total)	8.45 ±2.63	8.86 ±2.71	NS
SOAPP-R	24.97±11.44	26.39±11.89	NS

^†0=no pain; 10=pain as bad as you can imagine

^‡0=no relief; 10=complete relief

NS = nonsignificant

^*p<0.05

^***p<0.001