Table 2.

Experience and treatment of pain after motor vehicle collision by gender

	Women	Men	P-value
Pain experience
Widespread Pain	24.2 (21.7 – 26.7)	21.2 (18.3 – 24.2)	0.139
Moderate to severe axial pain	76.0 (73.5 – 78.4)	72.6 (69.3 – 75.8)	0.097
Number of somatic symptoms	3.9 (3.7 – 4.0)	3.3 (3.1 – 3.5)	<0.001
Pain catastrophizing scale			0.011
None	2.0 (1.4 – 3.0)	3.0 (2.0 – 4.5)
Mild	9.4 (7.8 – 11.1)	11.7 (9.5 – 14.3)
Moderate	33.5 (30.8 – 36.3)	37.8 (34.3 – 41.5)
Severe	55.2 (52.2 – 58.0)	47.5 (43.8 – 51.2)
Ces-D depression
Yes	8.7 (7.0 – 10.3)	3.9 (2.5 – 5.3)	<0.001
No	91.3 (89.6 – 92.8)	96.1 (94.5 – 97.3)	<0.001
Peritraumatic distress (>20)	59.7 (56.8 – 62.5)	42.5 (38.9 – 46.2)	<0.001
Likelihood of recovery	89.0 (87.2 – 90.9)	89.7 (87.4 – 91.9)	0.678
Treatment
During ED visit
Proportion given opioids in the ED	20.6 (18.3 – 23.0)	17.8 (15.0 – 20.6)	0.130
Proportion given Benzos in the ED	6.4 (5.0 – 7.8)	6.3 (4.6 – 8.1)	0.950
At discharge
Proportion given opioids discharge	29.2 (26.6 – 31.9)	29.7 (26.3 – 33.0)	0.843
Proportion given benzodiazepines at discharge	9.3 (7.6 – 11.0)	11.6 (9.3 – 13.9)	0.108

Continuous data are presented as median (interquartile range (IQR). Categorical data are displayed as proportions (%) and 95% confidence intervals unless otherwise specified. P<0.05 was considered statistically significant.