Table 1.
Demographic and health characteristics according to pain severity clinical cutpoint groups, adults aged 71 and older, MOBILIZE Boston Study II
| Characteristics | Total | None or least pain (n=126) | Mild pain (n=165) | Moderate to severe pain (n=63) | p-value* | |
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| Age(years) | 84.54(4.72) | 84.07 (4.78) | 84.78 (4.76) | 84.84 (4.47) | 0.38 | |
| Education(years) | 14.78(2.82) | 15.30 (2.59) | 14.79 (2.61) | 13.73 (3.45) | 0.001 | |
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| Women | 65.82 | 57.14 | 68.48 | 76.19 | 0.02 | |
| Race | White | 79.94 | 79.37 | 85.45 | 66.67 | |
| Black | 14.41 | 13.49 | 10.91 | 25.40 | ||
| Other | 5.65 | 7.14 | 3.64 | 7.94 | 0.03 | |
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| Obesity (BMI ≥30) | 20.62 | 16.67 | 18.18 | 34.92 | 0.01 | |
| Arthritis: | ||||||
| None | 68.71 | 85.83 | 60.54 | 54.24 | ||
| Knee only | 11.04 | 6.67 | 14.29 | 11.86 | ||
| Hand only | 13.50 | 7.50 | 17.69 | 15.25 | ||
| Hand and Knee | 6.75 | 0 | 7.48 | 18.64 | <.0001 | |
| Heart disease | 45.19 | 38.52 | 47.20 | 53.33 | 0.13 | |
| Diabetes | 13.56 | 12.70 | 13.33 | 15.87 | 0.83 | |
| Depression | 5.65 | 2.38 | 7.27 | 7.94 | 0.14 | |
| Psychiatric drugs a | 20.06 | 13.49 | 20.00 | 33.33 | 0.01 | |
| Analgesic drugs b | 29.10 | 15.87 | 27.27 | 60.32 | <.0001 | |
| Low vision | 22.36 | 18.49 | 24.50 | 25.00 | 0.44 | |
| Limited hearing | 57.06 | 59.20 | 59.51 | 45.76 | 0.16 | |
a
Used (anxiolytics, sedatives and hypnotics, antidepressants, and antipsychotics) in the previous two weeks.
b
Used opioid or non-opiod analgesics in the previous two weeks.
c
BPI Pain Severity clinical cutpoint groups:
none or least pain, 0–0.99; mild pain, 1–3.99; moderate to severe pain, 4–10.
*
Chi-square test for categorical variables and ANOVA test for continuous variables significance level at 0.05