Demographic variables |
Age |
Sex |
Race |
Clinical variables |
Charlson comorbidity: myocardial infarction |
Charlson comorbidity: congestive heart failure |
Charlson comorbidity: peripheral vascular disease |
Charlson comorbidity: cerebrovascular disease |
Charlson comorbidity: dementia |
Charlson comorbidity: chronic pulmonary disease |
Charlson comorbidity: rheumatologic disease |
Charlson comorbidity: peptic ulcer disease |
Charlson comorbidity: mild liver disease |
Charlson comorbidity: diabetes |
Charlson comorbidity: diabetes with chronic complications |
Charlson comorbidity: hemiplegia or paraplegia |
Charlson comorbidity: renal disease |
Charlson comorbidity: moderate or severe liver disease |
Atypical facial pain |
Autonomic neuropathies |
Anxiety/generalized anxiety disorder |
Back and neck pain (other than lower back pain) |
Back and neck pain with neuropathic involvement (excluding low back) |
Bipolar disorder |
Causalgias |
Chest pain |
Arthritis and other arthropathies |
Carpal tunnel syndrome |
Myocardial infarction/congestive heart failure/peripheral vascular disease/cerebrovascular disease/coronary heart disease/hypertension/hyperlipidemia |
Interstitial cystitis |
Diffuse diseases of connective tissue |
Depression |
Dyspareunia |
Chronic fatigue syndrome |
Gastroesophageal reflux disease/gastritis/duodenitis/other gastrointestinal disease |
Headache/migraine |
Irritable bowel syndrome |
Insomnia/sleep disorders/sleep apnea |
Low back pain |
Restless leg syndrome |
Lupus |
Memory loss |
Mononeuritis of lower limb |
Neuritis radiculitis |
Osteoarthritis |
Other musculoskeletal pain conditions |
Other polyneuropathies |
Panic disorder |
Phantom limb pain |
Postherpetic neuralgia |
Post-traumatic stress disorder |
Rheumatoid arthritis |
Rheumatism (excluding the back) |
Tinnitus |
Temporomandibular joint disorder |
Trigeminal neuralgia |
Number of musculoskeletal pain conditions |
Number of neuropathic pain conditions |
Diagnosis of obesity |
Health care resource utilization variables |
Acupuncture |
Chiropractic visit |
Counseling (exercise counseling, nutrition counseling) |
Number of emergency department visits |
Number of visits where imaging was ordered |
Number of hospitalizations |
Number of visits where diagnostic/laboratoy tests were ordered |
Number of office visits |
Number of other outpatient visits |
Physical therapy |
Number of total prescriptions administered (ordered) |
Number of total prescriptions written |
Number of opioid prescriptions |
Number of total pain medication prescriptions (excluding opioids) |