Table 6.
Univariate and multiple logistic regression analysis of opiate administration to patients with back pain who received analgesia.
| Univariate analysis n=1352 | Multivariable model n=1262 | |||
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| Characteristic | OR | 95% CI | OR | 95% CI |
| Patient | ||||
| Race (Caucasian) | 2.55 | (1.97, 3.27)* | 2.41 | (1.67, 3.46)* |
| Sex (female) | 0.84 | (0.67, 1.04) | ||
| Age | 1.03 | (1.02, 1.03)* | 1.03 | (1.02, 1.04)* |
| Acuity$ | 0.41 | (0.33, 0.50)* | 0.49 | (0.40, 0.60)* |
| Physician | ||||
| Sex (female) | 0.78 | (0.55, 0.94)* | 0.72 | (0.55, 0.93)* |
| Same race as patient | 1.70 | (1.32, 2.18)* | 0.94 | (0.65,1.35) |
| Same gender as patient | 0.94 | (0.76, 1.17) | ||
| Trained in emergency medicine% | 1.53 | (1.19, 1.97)* | 1.45 | (1.09, 1.93)* |
*
Statistically significant p<0.05.
$
n=1264.
%
n=1350.