Table 2.
Preoperative phenotypic differences between patients reporting persistent opioid use (6-months postoperatively) and those that did not
| Opioid use at 6 months | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Day of surgery characteristics | No (N = 386) |
Yes (N = 70) |
p value | |
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| Age | 63.48 (10.42) | 62.57 (11.27) | 0.509 | |
| Male | 48.70% | 37.10% | 0.074 | |
| Caucasian | 95.90% | 94.20% | 0.531 | |
| Knee surgery | 40.50% | 51.30% | 0.087 | |
| WOMAC Pain (range = 3–20) | 10.27 (3.25) | 12.17 (3.67) | < 0.001 | |
| WOMAC Functioning (range = 8–61) | 35.24 (10.24) | 39.9 (12.5) | 0.002 | |
| WOMAC Stiffness (range = 0–8) | 4.45 (1.76) | 5.27 (1.76) | 0.001 | |
| WOMAC Total (range = 16–89) | 49.96 (13.97) | 57.22 (16.93) | < 0.001 | |
| BPI Overall Pain Severity (range = 0–10) | 4.32 (1.9) | 5.43 (1.99) | < 0.001 | |
| HADS Depression (range = 0–17) | 4.3 (3.08) | 5.49 (3.91) | 0.006 | |
| HADS Anxiety (range = 0–20) | 5.14 (3.5) | 6.03 (4.17) | 0.064 | |
| CSQ Catastrophizing (range = 0–36) | 4.01 (4.99) | 6.81 (8.42) | 0.001 | |
Note. WOMAC = Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index; BPI = Brief Pain Inventory; HADS = Hospital and Anxiety and Depression Scale; CSQ = Coping Strategies Questionnaire-Catastrophizing subscale. Chi-square tests were conducted for categorical variables and independent sample t-tests were conducted for continuous variables. Mean and standard deviation were reported for continuous variables.