Table 6.
Combinations of medication type for pain management among treated adults, overall, by cancer history and level of pain interference (unadjusted)
| Overall | By cancer history | By level of pain interference | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cancer | No cancer | p valueb | Severe | Moderate | Mild/none | p value | ||||||||
| N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | |||
| By typea | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | ||||||||||||
| Opioids only | 79 | 2.3 | 53 | 2.5 | 27 | 2.0 | 44 | 2.9 | 26 | 1.8 | 11 | 2.1 | ||
| Non-opioids only | 1550 | 46.1 | 853 | 41.7 | 697 | 53.1 | 492 | 33.4 | 766 | 54.3 | 292 | 61.6 | ||
| Both | 1732 | 51.6 | 1142 | 55.8 | 589 | 44.9 | 939 | 63.7 | 620 | 44.0 | 171 | 36.3 | ||
a
Categories are mutually exclusive
b
p values reported for chi-squared comparison of medication use rates by cancer history and pain interference
Source: SEER-MHOS-Part D linked data, 2008–2012