Table 2.
Demographic, Comorbid Pain, and Psychological Characteristics of Women at Time of Their First in-office Examination (N=335)
| Characteristics | Clinical Case Categories | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall (N=335) % (N) |
Ongoing Case (N= 42) % (N) |
Resolving Case (N=66) % (N) |
Recent Case (N=22) % (N) |
Ongoing Control (N=205) % (N) |
P value |
|
| Married | 76.1 (255) | 78.6 (33) | 80.3 (53) | 81.8 (18) | 73.7 (151) | 0.604 |
| Ethnicity/race | 0.026 | |||||
| White | 77.0 (258) | 88.1 (37) | 86.4 (57) | 63.6 (14) | 73.2 (150) | |
| Black | 15.8 (53) | 4.8 (2) | 10.6 (7) | 13.6 (3) | 20.0 (41) | |
| Hispanic | 3.3 (11) | 4.8 (2) | 1.5 (1) | 9.1 (2) | 2.9 (6) | |
| Other | 3.9 (13) | 2.4 (1) | 1.5 (1) | 13.6 (3) | 3.9 (8) | |
| College graduate | 63.3 (212) | 57.1 (24) | 66.7 (44) | 54. (12) | 64.4 (132) | 0.607 |
| Household income >60K* | 62.8 (187) | 48.7 (19) | 58.2 (32) | 57.1(12) | 67.8(124) | 0.110 |
| Hard to pay for basics† | 32.8 (110) | 53.7 (22) | 31.3 (20) | 40.9 (9) | 29.8 (59) | 0.025 |
| Comorbid pain conditions present by screen at time of exam‡ | ||||||
| Fibromyalgia | 10.2 (34) | 26.2 (11) | 13.6 (9) | 18.2 (4) | 5.0 (10) | <0.001 |
| Interstitial cystitis | 11.1 (37) | 21.4 (9) | 19.7 (13) | 9.1 (2) | 6.4 (13) | 0.003 |
| Irritable bowel disorder | 16.3 (54) | 33.3 (14) | 25.8 (17) | 27.3 (6) | 8.4 (17) | <0.001 |
| Any of the 3 above | 25.7 (86) | 42.9 (24) | 42.4 (38) | 36.4 (14) | 15.6 (173) | <0.001 |
| Psychologic disorders present by screen at time of exam | ||||||
| PTSD | 11.7 (39) | 11.9 (5) | 15.2 (10) | 4.5 (1) | 11.3 (23) | 0.595 |
| Depression | 15.2 (51) | 14.3 (6) | 25.8 (17) | 36.4 (8) | 9.8 (20) | <0.001 |
*
Household income only reported by 298 (89.0%).
†
Hard to pay for basics reported by 325 (97.0%).
‡
Comorbid pain conditions available for 332 (99.1%).