Table 2.
Participant characteristics (n=116)
| Age, mean ± SD (range) | 57.37 ± 13.12 (19 – 80) |
| Sex, n (%) | |
| Female | 98 (84.5%) |
| Male | 18 (15.5%) |
| Marital status, n (%) | |
| Never married | 6 (5.2%) |
| Married/ | 87 (75.0%) |
| Living with partner | 2 (1.7%) |
| Separated/divorced | 13 (11.2%) |
| Widowed | 8 (6.9%) |
| Education, n (%) | |
| Up to 11th grade | 2 (1.7%) |
| High school graduate | 27 (23.3%) |
| Some college | 34 (29.3%) |
| College graduate | 28 (24.1%) |
| Master’s/doctoral degree | 25 (21.6%) |
| Income, n (%) | |
| Less than $35,000 | 10 (8.6%) |
| $35,000 to $49,999 | 16 (13.8%) |
| $50,000 to $75,000 | 34 (29.3%) |
| Greater than $75,000 | 49 (42.2%) |
| Race, n (%) | |
| White | 111 (95.7%) |
| Not White | 5 (4.3%) |
| Ethnicity, n (%) | |
| Hispanic | 4 (3.5%) |
| Not Hispanic | 112 (96.6%) |
| Currently employed, n (%) | |
| No | 46 (39.7%) |
| Yes | 70 (60.3%) |
| Currently on disability, n (%) | |
| No | 100 (86.2%) |
| Yes | 16 (13.8%) |
| Chronic pain diagnosis, n (%) a | |
| Rheumatoid arthritis | 24 (20.7%) |
| Osteoarthritis | 98 (84.5%) |
| Fibromyalgia | 42 (36.2%) |
Note:
a
Chronic pain diagnoses are not mutually exclusive.