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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Clin J Pain. 2012 Sep;28(7):561–566. doi: 10.1097/AJP.0b013e31823ade59

Table 4.

Prevalence (%) of problems and concerns related to opioid use by desire to stop or cut down opioids

Problems and Concerns Have desire

to cut down
No desire to

cut down
p-value
Lose interest in activity 13.4 4.7 <.0001
Trouble concentrate 21.4 9.2 <.0001
Slowed down/sluggish 23.3 11.0 <.0001
Depressed/anxious 12.1 4.3 <.0001
Interfere w/ work/family/social 30.3 9.6 <.0001
Hard to think clearly 23.0 8.1 <.0001
Less alert 34.7 18.5 <.0001
Bothersomeness of side effect 41.0 21.2 <.0001
Preoccupied with use 13.5 3.5 <.0001
No control over use 6.9 2.7 0.003
Need higher dose 37.9 19.6 <.0001
Worry about dependence 48.1 19.3 <.0001
Caused family problem 8.8 2.3 <.0001
Family/friend thought addicted 22.5 6.9 <.0001

p-value controls for health plan site