Table 1 Demographic data, characteristics and self-reported medical data, (N = 10)
mean (range) or n (%) | |
|---|---|
Age, years | 43 (34–56) |
Women | 6 (60) |
Married/partner | 7 (70) |
Education level | |
Elementary school or less | 1 (10) |
High school | 5 (50) |
University | 4 (40) |
Employment status | |
Full time | 5 (50) |
Part time | 1 (10) |
Part time with sickness benefits | 3 (30) |
Unemployed | 1 (10) |
Pain conditionsa | |
Endometriosis | 1 (10) |
Fibromyalgia | 1 (10) |
Postherpetic neuralgia | 1 (10) |
Arthritis | 2 (20) |
Inflammatory bowel disease | 1 (10) |
Headache | 1 (10) |
Chronic osteomyelitis | 1 (10) |
Lumbago | 5 (50) |
Other unspecified pain | 1 (10) |
More than one pain diagnoses | 4 (40) |
Duration of pain, years | 17 (6–35) |
> 10 years | 6 (60) |
Opioid dose Morphine Milligram Equivalent (MME)b | 335 (20–960) |
> 100 MME/day | 8 (80) |
Duration of opioid therapy, years 12 (2–31) | |
> 10 years | 4 (40) |