Table 1.
Baseline demographic, clinical, and resource utilization characteristics by regional body pain groups in STARS participants with one-year data
| Regional Body Pain Diagram Groups | P-value | |||||||
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| Characteristic | 0 N=53 |
1–2 N=121 |
3–6 N=67 |
Overall | Trend | |||
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| N | %, mean (SD) | N | %, mean (SD) | N | %, mean (SD) | |||
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| Age – yrs | 53 | 66.5 (7.8) | 120 | 65.6 (9.1) | 67 | 67.2 (8.7) | 0.49 | 0.64 |
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| Female | 0.24 | 0.64 | ||||||
| No | 19 | 35.8 | 54 | 44.6 | 22 | 32.8 | ||
| Yes | 34 | 64.1 | 67 | 55.4 | 45 | 67.2 | ||
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| BMI (kg/m2) | 52 | 30.5 (7.5) | 116 | 30.3 (6.2) | 64 | 30.8 (6.6) | 0.80 | 0.51 |
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| White race | 0.81 | 0.68 | ||||||
| No | 6 | 11.3 | 10 | 8.3 | 6 | 9.0 | ||
| Yes | 47 | 88.7 | 111 | 91.7 | 61 | 91.0 | ||
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| Surgical site | 0.10 | 0.23 | ||||||
| Maryland | 25 | 47.2 | 41 | 33.9 | 18 | 26.9 | ||
| Colorado | 15 | 28.3 | 54 | 44.6 | 35 | 52.2 | ||
| NYU-Langone | 13 | 24.5 | 26 | 21.5 | 14 | 20.9 | ||
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| Number of co-morbid conditions† | 0.06 | 0.001 | ||||||
| 0 | 18 | 35.3 | 31 | 25.6 | 13 | 19.4 | ||
| 1 | 19 | 37.2 | 47 | 38.8 | 18 | 26.9 | ||
| 2 | 11 | 21.6 | 28 | 23.1 | 21 | 31.4 | ||
| ≥3 | 3 | 5.9 | 15 | 12.4 | 15 | 22.4 | ||
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| Use of supportive device | 0.005 | 0.002 | ||||||
| No | 41 | 78.8 | 85 | 72.6 | 31 | 52.5 | ||
| Yes | 11 | 21.1 | 32 | 27.3 | 28 | 47.5 | ||
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| Limp without support device | 0.60 | 0.06 | ||||||
| None | 7 | 13.2 | 15 | 12.6 | 6 | 9.0 | ||
| Slight | 22 | 41.5 | 39 | 32.8 | 21 | 31.3 | ||
| Moderate | 18 | 34.0 | 45 | 37.8 | 24 | 35.8 | ||
| Severe/unable to walk without support | 6 | 11.3 | 20 | 16.8 | 16 | 23.9 | ||
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| Ability to straighten knee | 0.01 | 0.002 | ||||||
| Completely straight | 28 | 52.8 | 56 | 46.7 | 27 | 40.9 | ||
| Between 5–10° from straight | 20 | 37.7 | 36 | 30.0 | 17 | 25.8 | ||
| Between 11–20° from straight | 5 | 9.4 | 20 | 16.7 | 10 | 15.1 | ||
| More than 20° from straight | 0 | 0 | 8 | 6.7 | 12 | 18.2 | ||
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| Number of pain sites§‡ | 53 | 0 (0, 0) | 121 | 2 (1, 2) | 67 | 5 (4, 7) | <0.001 | <0.001 |
| Range | 0 – 1 | 1 – 6 | 3 – 15 | |||||
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| Median WOMAC pain‡ | 53 | 35 (25, 45) | 121 | 40 (30, 55) | 65 | 50 (35, 60) | 0.04 | 0.009 |
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| Pain catastrophizing categories | 0.40 | 0.28 | ||||||
| <20 | 38 | 82.6 | 84 | 83.2 | 41 | 74.6 | ||
| ≥20 | 8 | 17.4 | 17 | 16.8 | 14 | 25.5 | ||
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| MHI-5 score categories* | 0.01 | 0.003 | ||||||
| 0–67 | 10 | 19.2 | 34 | 28.3 | 29 | 43.9 | ||
| 68–100 | 42 | 80.8 | 86 | 71.7 | 37 | 56.1 | ||
Unlike WOMAC pain and Pain Catastrophizing Scale where higher values are indicative for worse pain and catastrophizing, respectively, MHI-5 scores of lower value indicate poorer mental health
Co-morbid conditions are comprised of diabetes mellitus, depression, stomach ulcers, cancer, chronic kidney disease, liver disease, cardiovascular disease, and hypertension
Index leg sites have been removed.
Median reported (25th and 75th percentiles).
Body regions include the following painful body sites as follows:
Upper extremity=shoulder girdle, upper arm and lower arm
Lower extremity= upper leg and lower leg
Hip = hip and buttock Back/neck=upper back, lower back, and neck
Abdomen/chest=abdomen and chest
Upper extremity, lower extremity, and hip body regions include both left and right sides.