Table 2.
Associations of Pain Management Strategies with Characteristics
| Gender |
Age |
Education |
Current Chronic Pain |
Believe Pain will Continue |
Experienced Level 10 Pain |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Female (n =208 ) |
Male (n =83 ) |
≤ 25 (n =36 ) |
≥ 26 (n = 256) |
<HS (n = 28) |
>HS (n = 264) |
No (n = 168) |
Yes (n = 119) |
No (n = 192) |
Yes (n = 103 ) |
No (n = 89) |
Yes (n = 203) |
|
| Alcohol | 2.4 | 7.4 | 2.8 | 3.9 | 14.3* | 2.7 | 2.4 | 6.0 | 3.7 | 4.0 | 2.3 | 4.5 |
| Marijuana | 4.4 | 18.5*** | 25.0*** | 5.9 | 10.7 | 7.7 | 8.4 | 8.5 | 6.3 | 11.9* | 4.6 | 10.0* |
| Illegal Drug | 7.9 | 14.8 | 25.7** | 7.5 | 17.9 | 8.9 | 10.9 | 7.7 | 10.1 | 9.1 | 7.1 | 10.9 |
| Alcohol, Marijuana, or Illegal Drug |
12.1 | 24.7* | 36.1*** | 12.5 | 32.1* | 13.4 | 14.9 | 16.2 | 14.7 | 16.8 | 10.3 | 17.8* |
| Non- Prescribed Pain Medication |
33.0 | 25.3 | 19.4 | 32.8 | 29.6 | 31.3 | 26.2 | 38.8 | 28.9 | 35.4 | 21.2 | 35.2 |
Note: Table entries are percentages.
Mantel-Haenszel analysis was used to control for age:
*
P < .05
**
P < .01
***
P < .001