Table 3.
Topic Frequencies by Intervention Status over 12 weeks
Topics | Control Group (n = 13) Total number of posts and comments (n=45) |
Intervention Group (n = 19) Total number of posts and comments (n=411) |
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Physical Health Status | 25 (56%) | 131 (32%) |
Mental Health Status | 3 (7%) | 86 (21%) |
Pain | 17 (38%) | 108 (26%) |
Non-Medication Treatment | 13 (29%) | 99 (24%) |
Medication Treatment | 24 (53%) | 110 (27%) |
Substance Use Disorder | 0 (0%) | 14 (3%) |
Coping | 12 (27%) | 134 (33%) |
Social Support | 18 (40%) | 79 (19%) |
Opioid | 3 (7%) | 45 (11%) |
Addiction | 0 | 40 (10%) |
Benzo | 0 | 3 (1%) |
Narcotics | 0 | 14 (3%) |
Other | 10 (22%) | 100 (24%) |
Note: Multiple categories could be assigned to a post. The relatively high percentage of social support posts in the control group is due to the fact that “welcome” posts fall into this category.