Table 1.
Participant Characteristics
| All visits | Pain discussed | Pain not discussed | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patient characteristics | (n = 133) | (n = 92) | (n = 41) | p value* |
| Demographics | ||||
| Male (%) | 24.1 | 21.7 | 29.3 | p = 0.35 |
| Mean age [years] (SD) | 44.0 (14.1) | 44.2 (14.0) | 43.5 (14.5) | p = 0.81 |
| Black race (%) | 98.5 | 97.8 | 100 | p = 0.82 |
| Highest education (%) | ||||
| < High school diploma | 29.0 | 24.4 | 39.0 | p = 0.19 |
| High school diploma | 54.2 | 58.9 | 43.9 | |
| College graduate | 16.8 | 16.7 | 17.1 | |
| Annual income (%) | ||||
| <$10,000 | 28.7 | 32.6 | 20.0 | p = 0.65 |
| $10,000–$49,999 | 55.1 | 52.8 | 60.0 | |
| >$50,000 | 15.5 | 13.5 | 20.0 | |
| SF-20 subscale scores† | ||||
| Pain severity, mean (SD) | 3.8 (1.4) | 4.1 (1.3) | 3.0 (1.5) | p < 0.001 |
| General health, mean (SD) | 14.9 (4.5) | 14.2 (4.4) | 16.4 (4.5) | p = 0.01 |
| Mental health, mean (SD) | 19.2 (4.8) | 19.0 (4.8) | 19.4 (4.7) | p = 0.67 |
| Physical function, mean (SD) | 3.9 (2.1) | 3.4 (2.1) | 5.0 (1.5) | p < 0.001 |
| Visit characteristics | ||||
| Total visit time [min], mean (SD) | 17.7 (7.7) | 18.5 (7.6) | 16.0 (7.5) | p = 0.09 |
| Pain-related chief complaint (%) | 19.5 | 21.6 | 14.3 | p = 0.36 |
| Chronic illness score, mean (SD)‡ | 0.84 (0.89) | 0.78 (0.78) | 0.98 (1.1) | p = 0.66 |
| Physician characteristics | (n = 17) | |||
| Demographics | ||||
| Male (%) | 47.0 | |||
| Mean Age [years] (SD) | 31 (3.4) | |||
| Ethnicity (%) | ||||
| Indian/Pakistani | 47.1 | |||
| Asian | 35.3 | |||
| White | 11.8 | |||
| Black | 5.9 | |||
| International medical graduate(%) | 88.2 | |||
*P values were calculated using t-tests for continuous variables and chi-squared tests for categorical variables
†SF-20 subscales are coded so that higher numbers correspond to increased health and/or increased pain severity
‡Chronic illness score indicates the number of documented chronic illnesses (rage 0–5)