Table 2.
Health status and utilization*
| Total cohort N = 328 |
PH-LOW group N = 179 |
PH-HIGH group N = 149 |
p valuea | MH-LOW group N = 89 |
MH-HIGH group N = 239 |
p valuea | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PROMIS 10 PHb | 39.8 (34.9, 44.9) | 34.9 (29.6, 37.4) | 47.7 (44.9, 50.8) | < .001 | |||
| Excellent | 5 (1.5) | 0 (0.0) | 5 (1.5) | ||||
| Very good | 40 (12.2) | 0 (0.0) | 40 (12.2) | ||||
| Good | 104 (31.7) | 0 (0.0) | 104 (31.7) | ||||
| Fair | 104 (31.7) | 104 (31.7) | 0 (0.0) | ||||
| Poor | 75 (22.9) | 75 (22.9) | 0 (0.0) | ||||
| PROMIS 10 MHb | 45.8 (38.8, 53.3) | 33.8 (31.3, 36.3) | 48.3 (45.8, 53.3) | < .001 | |||
| Excellent | 35 (10.7) | 0 (0.0) | 35 (10.7) | ||||
| Very Good | 127 (38.7) | 0 (0.0) | 127 (38.7) | ||||
| Good | 77 (23.5) | 0 (0.0) | 77 (23.5) | ||||
| Fair | 57 (17.4) | 57 (17.4) | 0 (0.0) | ||||
| Poor | 32 (9.8) | 32 (9.8) | 0 (0.0) | ||||
| CCI scoreb | 0 (0, 2) | 1 (0, 2) | 0 (0, 1) | < .001 | 1 (0, 3) | 0 (0, 1) | < .001 |
| 0 | 168 (51.2) | 67 (37.4) | 101 (67.8) | 25 (28.1) | 143 (59.8) | ||
| 1 | 76 (23.2) | 45 (25.1) | 31 (20.8) | 27 (30.3) | 49 (20.5) | ||
| 2 | 37 (11.3) | 27 (15.1) | 10 (6.7) | 13 (14.6) | 24 (10.0) | ||
| 3+ | 47 (14.3) | 40 (22.3) | 7 (4.7) | 24 (27.0) | 23 (9.6) | ||
| Comorbidities | |||||||
| Depression | 123 (37.5) | 81 (45.3) | 42 (28.2) | .001 | 53 (59.6) | 70 (29.3) | < .001 |
| Diabetes | 57 (17.4) | 42 (23.5) | 15 (10.1) | .001 | 27 (30.3) | 30 (12.6) | < .001 |
| Kidney disease | 43 (13.1) | 31 (17.3) | 12 (8.1) | .013 | 23 (25.8) | 20 (8.4) | < .001 |
| MI | 8 (2.4) | 6 (3.4) | 2 (1.3) | .240 | 5 (5.6) | 3 (1.3) | .023 |
| CHF | 22 (6.7) | 19 (10.6) | 3 (2.0) | .002 | 9 (10.1) | 13 (5.4) | .132 |
| PVD | 29 (8.8) | 22 (12.3) | 7 (4.7) | .016 | 9 (10.1) | 20 (8.4) | .621 |
| CVD | 31 (9.5) | 24 (13.4) | 7 (4.7) | .007 | 11 (12.4) | 20 (8.4) | .272 |
| Dementia | 3 (0.9) | 3 (1.7) | 0 (0) | .112 | 2 (2.2) | 1 (0.4) | .122 |
| COPD | 80 (24.4) | 54 (30.2) | 26 (17.4) | .008 | 34 (38.2) | 46 (19.2) | < .001 |
| Rheumatic disease | 15 (4.6) | 11 (6.1) | 4 (2.7) | .135 | 5 (5.6) | 10 (4.2) | .580 |
| Peptic ulcer disease | 13 (4.0) | 10 (5.6) | 3 (2.0) | .099 | 6 (6.7) | 7 (2.9) | .116 |
| Liver disease | 40 (12.2) | 31 (17.3) | 9 (6.0) | .002 | 19 (21.3) | 21 (8.8) | .002 |
| Paraplegia | 4 (1.2) | 4 (2.2) | 0 (0.0) | .066 | 2 (2.2) | 2 (0.8) | .301 |
| Physical therapy utilization | |||||||
| Physical therapy visitsb | 3 (2, 6) | 3 (1, 6) | 3 (2, 6) | .523 | 3 (1, 6) | 4 (2, 6) | .043 |
| Cancellations or no-showsb | 3 (2, 6) | 3 (2, 7) | 3 (1, 5) | .014 | 4 (2, 9.5) | 3 (1, 5) | .008 |
| Appointment lead time (days)b | 21 (16, 27) | 20 (15, 25) | 22 (17, 28) | .031 | 19 (15, 25) | 21 (16, 27.8) | .065 |
| Prior utilization within 1 year | |||||||
| Opioids ordered | 112 (34.1) | 69 (38.5) | 43 (28.9) | .065 | 35 (39.3) | 7 7(32.2) | .227 |
| Spine imaging ordered | 99 (30.2) | 49 (27.4) | 50 (33.6) | .225 | 23 (25.8) | 76 (31.8) | .296 |
| Post utilization within 6 months | |||||||
| Opioids Ordered | 25 (7.7) | 18 (10.2) | 7 (4.7) | .062 | 12 (14.0) | 13 (5.4) | .011 |
| Spine imaging ordered | 40 (12.3) | 30 (17.0) | 10 (6.7) | .005 | 14 (16.3) | 26 (10.9) | .191 |
| Admittances | 9 (2.8) | 7 (4.0) | 2 (1.3) | .149 | 4 (4.7) | 5 (2.1) | .215 |
*Values presented as N (%) unless stated otherwise
PH: Physical Health; MH: Mental Health; CCI: Charlson Comorbidity Index; MI, myocardial infarction; CHF, congestive heart failure; PVD, peripheral vascular disease; CVD, cerebrovascular disease; COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
aDifference between subgroups
bValues presented as median (IQR)