Table 2.
Brief Pain Inventory Outcomes
| Chronic Pain | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Total (N=75) | Methadone (N=49) | Buprenorphine (N=26) | p-value | |
| Brief Pain Inventory (all ranges 0–10) | ||||
| Severity Total Score | 5.05 (2.13) | 5.75 (1.66) | 4.99 (2.79) | 0.15 |
| Worst past 24 hours a | 6.77 (2.10) | 7.08 (1.67) | 6.19 (2.68) | 0.08 |
| Mild (%) | 13.3 | 8.2 | 23.1 | 0.08 |
| Moderate (%) | 21.3 | 22.4 | 19.2 | 0.50 |
| Severe (%) | 65.3 | 69.4 | 57.7 | 0.22 |
| Least past 24 hoursa | 4.61 (2.66) | 4.94 (2.40) | 4.00 (3.03) | 0.15 |
| Mild (%) | 50.7 | 42.9 | 65.4 | 0.053 |
| Moderate (%) | 24.0 | 30.6 | 11.5 | 0.056 |
| Severe (%) | 25.3 | 26.5 | 23.1 | 0.49 |
| Average past 24 hoursa | 5.64 (2.22) | 5.81 (1.70) | 5.35 (2.99) | 0.39 |
| Mild (%) | 24.3 | 14.6 | 42.3 | <.01 |
| Moderate (%) | 43.2 | 54.2 | 23.1 | 0.01 |
| Severe (%) | 32.4 | 31.3 | 34.6 | 0.46 |
| Pain Nowa | 4.92 (2.59) | 5.18 (2.29) | 4.42 (3.06) | 0.23 |
| Mild (%) | 41.3 | 36.7 | 50.0 | 0.19 |
| Moderate (%) | 32.0 | 34.7 | 26.9 | 0.34 |
| Severe (%) | 26.7 | 28.6 | 23.1 | 0.41 |
| Interference Total Score | 4.74 (2.46) | 4.87 (2.24) | 4.49 (2.84) | 0.53 |
| Appetite | 3.31 (2.94) | 3.38 (2.81) | 3.19 (3.23) | 0.80 |
| Concentrating | 4.73 (2.97) | 4.93 (2.66) | 4.35 (3.49) | 0.41 |
| Enjoyment of life | 5.00 (3.12) | 5.12 (2.82) | 4.77 (3.68) | 0.64 |
| General activity | 4.64 (2.62) | 4.78 (2.28) | 4.38 (3.21) | 0.54 |
| Mood | 4.54 (2.92) | 4.59 (2.64) | 4.46 (3.46) | 0.86 |
| Normal work | 4.63 (3.02) | 4.88 (3.07) | 4.16 (2.95) | 0.34 |
| Relations with other people | 3.85 (3.07) | 3.96 (2.99) | 3.65 (3.25) | 0.68 |
| Sleep | 5.36 (3.25) | 5.47 (3.27) | 5.15 (3.25) | 0.69 |
| Walking | 5.02 (2.86) | 5.30 (2.76) | 4.48 (3.02) | 0.24 |
Values represent Mean (Standard Deviation) unless otherwise noted. Independent group t-tests for continuous variables, chi-squares for dichotomous variables
a
Mild=0–4, Moderate=5–6, Severe=≥7