Research Article
Attitudinal Barriers to Analgesic Use among Patients with Substance Use Disorders
Table 2
Demographic and clinical characteristics of a sample of primary care patients, stratified by substance abuse (
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| | Group | P value | | Variable | OUD | Nonopioid SUD | No SUD | | (%) | (%) | (%) |
| | Age, mean in years (SD) | 45 (8.9) | 45 (8.1) | 46 (10.4) | 0.66 | | Race/ethnicity | | | | <0.0011,2 | | Black/African American | 70 (51%) | 71 (61%) | 222 (65%) | | | Hispanic/Latino/Other | 25 (18%) | 23 (20%) | 81 (24% ) | | | White | 43 (31%) | 23 (20%) | 37 (11%) | | | Gender | | | | <0.0011,2 | | Female | 59 (43%) | 54 (46%) | 237 (70%) | | | Male | 79 (57%) | 64 (54%) | 104 (31%) | | | Employment status | | | | <0.0011,2 | | Unemployed or disabled | 97 (70%) | 83 (70%) | 181 (53%) | | | Full-/part-time | 41 (30%) | 35 (30%) | 160 (47%) | | | Education | | | | 0.56 | | Less than high school | 35 (25%) | 37 (31%) | 94 (28%) | | | High school or above | 103 (75%) | 81 (69%) | 247 (72%) | | | Depression | | | | 0.031 | | Major and/or other | 68 (49%) | 54 (46%) | 127 (37%) | | | None | 70 (51%) | 64 (54%) | 214 (63%) | | | Pain severity and disability | | | | 0.012 | | Severe | 127 (92%) | 113 (96%) | 295 (87%) | | | Moderate | 11 (8%) | 5 (4%) | 46 (13%) | | | Somatic symptom severity | | | | 0.06 | | High | 54 (39%) | 48 (41%) | 104 (31%) | | | Low/medium | 84 (61%) | 70 (59%) | 237 (70%) | | | PTSD | | | | <0.0011,2 | | Lifetime history | 63 (46%) | 56 (47%) | 100 (29%) | | | No history | 75 (54%) | 62 (53%) | 241 (71%) | | | Opioid prescription (past year) | | | | 0.65 | | Yes | 60 (44%) | 46 (40%) | 132 (39%) | | | No | 77 (56%) | 68 (60%) | 205 (61%) | |
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1Significance for comparison between OUD and no SUD.
2Significance for comparison between nonopioid SUD and no SUD.
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