. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Oct 1.

Published in final edited form as: J Pain. 2013 Aug 15;14(10):1208–1216. doi: 10.1016/j.jpain.2013.05.004

Table 3.

Diversion behaviors as a function of motives for medical misuse of prescription opioids

Lifetime Diversion Behaviors	Past-year medical use only (n = 317) No. (%)	Past-year medical misuse to relieve pain only (n = 30) No. (%)	Past-year medical misuse for non-pain relief motives (n = 27) No. (%)	χ² (2), Associations^a

Have you been approached to divert your opioid medication	6.6%	13.3%	65.4%	83.2(2), p<0.001
Have you given or loaned your opioid medication to someone	7.6%	31.0%	40.0%	35.2(2), p<0.001
Have you traded your opioid medication for something else	1.3%	0.0%	25.0%	48.4(2), p<0.001

p<0.001 for all comparisons.