Pain Scores Are Not Predictive of Pain Medication Utilization

Table 1

Demographic data and surgery type (𝑁=219).

Age (mean)	54 years (SD 14)
Race
Caucasian	174 (80%)
African american	32 (15%)
Hispanic	3 (1%)
Other (asian, native american)	10 (4%)
Surgery type
Abdominal	182 (83%)
Vaginal	43 (20%)
Laparoscopic	77 (35%)

*Participants could be categorized as both abdominal and laparoscopic, depending on their procedure.