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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Pain. 2018 Feb;159(2):371–379. doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000001098

Table 3.

Initial responses to physician recommendations and patient requests that physicians take some action

Response* Patient initial response to physician recommendations Physician initial response to patient request for action
Not opioid related Opioid related Not opioid related Opioid related
Agree 627 (55.0%) 110 (57.9%) 93 (32.98%) 44 (26.7%)
Suggest alternative 6 (0.5%) 4 (2.1%) 20 (7.1%) 16 (9.7%)
Resist or disagree 58 (5.1%) 15 (7.9%) 40 (14.2%) 30 (18.2%)
No response 450 (39.4%) 61 (32.1%) 129 (45.7%) 75 (45.5%)
Total 1141 (100%) 190 (100%) 282 (100%) 165 (100%)
*

Responses are classified based on the initial response to each recommendation and request, and do not necessarily indicate whether the recommendation or request was ultimately agreed to or not. The category “no response” indicates that no response to a recommendation or request was identified during the coding process.