TABLE 2.

Final Model for Average Pain Intensity

	Mean Pain Intensity (95% CI)	P
Race/ethnicity		0.04
Hispanic	5.49 (5.14, 5.85)
NH black	5.25 (4.88, 5.61)
NH other	4.90 (4.55, 5.25)
Race/ethnicity group comparisons (difference in means)
Hispanic vs. NH other	0.59	0.01
NH black vs. NH other	0.35	0.12
Psychosocial factors
Depressive symptom level		0.006
None/minimal (< 5)	4.60 (4.20. 4.99)
Mild (5–9)	5.29 (4.94, 5.64)
Moderate (10–14)	5.45 (5.05, 5.85)
Mod./severe-severe (15 +)	5.52 (4.99, 6.05)
Pain self-efficacy score (PSE)		0.008
Low (0–17)	5.69 (5.29, 6.08)
Modest (18–30)	5.46 (5.10, 5.83)
Moderate (31–40)	4.98 (4.58, 5.39)
High (41–60)	4.72 (4.25, 5.19)
Interaction of race/ethnicity with PSE		0.09
Hispanic: 0–17	5.93 (5.29, 6.57)
Hispanic: 18–30	5.82 (5.22, 6.41)
Hispanic: 31–40	5.48 (4.80, 6.16)
Hispanic: 41–60	4.76 (3.94, 5.57)
NH black: 0–17	5.19 (4.61, 5.77)
NH black: 18–30	5.39 (4.78, 6.00)
NH black: 31–40	5.18 (4.54, 5.82)
NH black: 41–60	5.22 (4.44, 6.00)
NH other: 0–17	5.94 (5.26, 6.62)
NH other: 18–30	5.18 (4.64, 5.72)
NH other: 31–40	4.30 (3.69, 4.91)
NH other: 41–60	4.19 (3.57, 4.80)
Health literacy score
Low (3–9)	5.43 (5.08, 5.78)	0.18
Medium (10–14)	5.25 (4.93, 5.57)
High (15)	4.96 (4.56, 5.37)
Other characteristics
Sex		< 0.001
Female	5.57 (5.32, 5.82)
Male	4.86 (4.49, 5.22)
Age		0.26
< 65	5.34 (4.95, 5.74)
65 +	5.08 (4.83, 5.33)
Marital status		0.80
Married/partner	5.32 (4.96, 5.68)
Widowed	5.10 (4.71, 5.47)
Divorced/separated	5.15 (4.76, 5.54)
Never married	5.28 (4.83, 5.73)
No. comorbidities (0–10)*	4.81 + 0.11	0.10
Self-rated health		0.10
Poor	5.51 (5.07, 5.98)
Fair	5.22 (4.89, 5.56)
Good/very good/excellent	4.91 (4.56, 5.26)

^*Reported on this line are the model intercept and the incremental change in mean pain intensity per additional comorbidity.

CI indicates confidence interval; NH black, non-Hispanic black; NH other, non-Hispanic others.