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Table 3 Association Between Initial Treatment and Spinal Surgery or Chronic Opioid Use*

From: Initial treatment approaches and healthcare utilization among veterans with low back pain: a propensity score analysis

 

Spinal Surgery

Chronic Opioid Use

 

AOR* (99%CI)

Tukey adjusted p

AOR (99%CI)

Tukey adjusted p

Treatment effects

    

Opioid only vs. none

2.04 (1.67, 2.49)

< 0.0001

11.8 (11.3, 12.3)

< 0.0001

PT only vs. none

1.20 (0.89, 1.64)

0.1790

0.66 (0.59, 0.74)

< 0.0001

Opioid only vs. PT only

1.69 (1.21, 2.37)

< 0.0001

17.8 (16.0, 19.9)

< 0.0001

Cox-Snell R2

0.000

0.156

  1. *Chronic Opioid Use: 10 or more opioid prescriptions filled within a 1-year period or more than 120 days’ supply within a 1-year period beginning on day 31 following incident diagnosis of LBP. Quasi-binomial generalized linear models were adjusted for propensity scoring by age, baseline pain, sex, marital status, race, ethnicity and comorbidities
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