Table 3.
Self-reported patient characteristics among respondents; unweighted and weighted to account for nonresponse bias by EHR-measured covariates.
| General Patient Characteristics | Respondents Unweighted % |
Respondents Weighted % |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoking Status | Never | 13.5 | 14.8 |
| Ever | 50.3 | 49.8 | |
| Current | 36.2 | 35.4 | |
| Depression symptom severity (PHQ-8) |
0 to 10 | 69.7 | 69.5 |
| 11 to 19 | 27.1 | 27.3 | |
| 20 to 24 | 3.2 | 3.2 | |
| Anxiety symptom severity (GAD-2) |
0 to 3 | 73.0 | 72.8 |
| 4 to 6 | 27.0 | 27.2 | |
| Prescription opioids difficulties scale items and subscales | |||
| PODS concerns subscale sum score | 0 | 47.7 | 47.4 |
| 1 to 5 | 32.9 | 33.0 | |
| 6 to 10 | 12.0 | 12.1 | |
| 11 to 20 | 7.5 | 7.5 | |
| In last two weeks, I have been preoccupied with or thought constantly about use of opiate pain medicines. |
Disagree / strongly disagree | 81.2 | 81.1 |
| Neutral | 8.3 | 8.3 | |
| Agree / strongly agree | 10.5 | 10.6 | |
| In the last 3 months, I have felt that I could not control how much or how often I used opiate medicine. |
Disagree / strongly disagree | 91.9 | 92.0 |
| Neutral | 3.7 | 3.8 | |
| Agree / strongly agree | 4.4 | 4.3 | |
| In the last 3 months, I have needed to use a higher dose of opiate pain medicine to get the same effect. |
Disagree / strongly disagree | 76.5 | 76.0 |
| Neutral | 6.8 | 7.0 | |
| Agree / strongly agree | 16.7 | 17.1 | |
| In the last 3 months, I have worried that I might be dependent on or addicted to opiate pain medicines. |
Disagree / strongly disagree | 78.2 | 77.8 |
| Neutral | 7.3 | 7.6 | |
| Agree / strongly agree | 14.6 | 14.7 | |
| In the last 3 months, I have wanted to stop using opiate pain medicines or cut down on the amount of opiate medicines I use. |
Disagree / strongly disagree | 49.3 | 49.1 |
| Neutral | 13.7 | 14.0 | |
| Agree / strongly agree | 37.1 | 37.0 | |
| PODS problems subscale sum score | 0 | 34.1 | 33.8 |
| 1 to 5 | 36.7 | 36.9 | |
| 6 to 10 | 14.1 | 14.0 | |
| 11 to 15 | 7.4 | 7.5 | |
| 15 to 28 | 7.7 | 7.8 | |
| In the past 2 weeks, opiate medicines have caused me to lose interest in my usual activities |
Disagree / strongly disagree | 79.4 | 79.3 |
| Neutral | 9.1 | 9.1 | |
| Agree / strongly agree | 11.5 | 11.6 | |
| In the past 2 weeks, opiate medicines have caused me to have trouble concentrating or remembering. |
Disagree / strongly disagree | 76.0 | 75.9 |
| Neutral | 9.7 | 9.8 | |
| Agree / strongly agree | 14.3 | 14.4 | |
| In the past 2 weeks, opiate medicines have caused me to feel slowed down, sluggish or sedated |
Disagree / strongly disagree | 64.3 | 64.3 |
| Neutral | 10.6 | 10.8 | |
| Agree / strongly agree | 25.1 | 25.0 | |
| In the past 2 weeks, opiate pain medicines have caused me to feel depressed, down, or anxious. |
Disagree / strongly disagree | 80.9 | 80.8 |
| Neutral | 8.9 | 8.9 | |
| Agree / strongly agree | 10.2 | 10.3 | |
| In the past 2 weeks, how often have side effects of opiate medicine interfered with your work, family, or social responsibilities? |
Never / rarely | 83.6 | 83.3 |
| Sometimes | 9.2 | 9.4 | |
| Often / almost every day | 7.2 | 7.3 | |
| In the past 2 weeks, how often did opiate medicine make it hard for you to think clearly? |
Never / rarely | 83.4 | 83.4 |
| Sometimes | 11.5 | 11.4 | |
| Often / almost every day | 5.2 | 5.3 | |
| Over the past 3 months, how bothersome have you found side effects of opiate pain medicines? |
Not at all bothersome | 50.9 | 50.5 |
| A little / moderately bothersome | 44.2 | 44.7 | |
| Very / extremely bothersome | 4.9 | 4.8 | |