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Table 3 Patient-visit clinical diagnoses or medication use which are relative contraindications for opioids

From: How do contraindications to non-opioid analgesics and opioids affect the likelihood that patients with back pain diagnoses in the primary care setting receive an opioid prescription? An observational cross-sectional study

 

No opioid prescription at office visit

n = 23,541

Opioid prescription at office visit n = 1002

Total

sample

n = 24,543

P-Value

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

Depression Disorder

 No

21,206 (96.0)

876 (4.0)

22,082

 

 Yes

2335 (9.9)

126 (12.6)

2461

< 0.01

Anxiety Disorder

 No

20,333 (96.1)

830 (3.9)

21,163

 

 Yes

3208 (94.9)

172 (5.1)

3380

< 0.01

Substance Use Disorder

 No

22,168 (96.2)

875 (3.8)

23,043

 

 Yes

1373 (91.5)

127 (8.5)

1500

< 0.001

Bipolar Disorder

 No

23,275 (96.0)

975 (4.0)

24,250

 

 es

266 (90.8)

27 (9.2)

293

< 0.001

Benzodiazepine Prescribed at Index Visit

 

 No

22,989 (96.1)

925 (3.9)

23,914

 

 es

552 (87.8)

77 (12.2)

629

< 0.001