Table 2 Demographics of patients with OA
From: Factors associated with physician-reported treatment status of patients with osteoarthritis pain
Prescription medication for OAa | Physician treatment for OAb | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Non-Rx (n = 218) | Rx (n = 623) | p-value | Self-managed (n = 122) | Physician-treated (n = 719) | p-value | |
Age, years, mean (SD) | 63.44 (12.21) | 64.98 (11.52) | 0.0949 | 62.22 (12.68) | 64.98 (11.51) | 0.0162 |
Range | 21–90 | 30–90 | 21–90 | 25–90 | ||
Sex, n (%) | 0.5967 | 0.3912 | ||||
Female | 136 (62.4) | 376 (60.4) | 70 (57.4) | 442 (61.5) | ||
Male | 82 (37.6) | 247 (39.6) | 52 (42.6) | 277 (38.5) | ||
Ethnicity, n (%) | 0.0418 | 0.4729 | ||||
White/Caucasian | 176 (80.7) | 478 (76.7) | 103 (84.4) | 551 (76.6) | ||
African American | 19 (8.7) | 75 (12.0) | 8 (6.6) | 86 (12.0) | ||
Native American | 1 (0.5) | 4 (0.6) | 0 (0.0) | 5 (0.7) | ||
Asian-Indian subcontinent | 4 (1.8) | 7 (1.1) | 1 (0.8) | 10 (1.4) | ||
Asian (other) | 5 (2.3) | 7 (1.1) | 3 (2.5) | 9 (1.3) | ||
Chinese | 2 (0.9) | 2 (0.3) | 1 (0.8) | 3 (0.4) | ||
Hispanic/Latino | 7 (3.2) | 45 (7.2) | 6 (4.9) | 46 (6.4) | ||
Middle Eastern | 3 (1.4) | 1 (0.2) | 0 (0.0) | 4 (0.6) | ||
Mixed race | 1 (0.5) | 4 (0.6) | 0 (0.0) | 5 (0.7) | ||
Annual household income, n (%) | 0.0057 | 0.2443 | ||||
≤ $50,000 | 25 (11.47) | 119 (19.10) | 14 (11.48) | 130 (18.08) | ||
> $50,000 and ≤ $100,000 | 55 (25.23) | 190 (30.50) | 39 (31.97) | 206 (28.65) | ||
> $100,000 | 50 (22.94) | 115 (18.46) | 21 (17.21) | 144 (20.03) | ||
Prefer not to answer | 65 (29.82) | 129 (20.71) | 35 (28.69) | 159 (22.11) | ||
Missing | 23 (10.55) | 70 (11.24) | 13 (10.66) | 80 (11.13) | ||