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Table 6 Patients on the SOC group: differences between patients who kept on opioid therapy and those who withdrew opioids at the second visit

From: Opioids and fibromyalgia: frequency of use and factors associated with increased consumption in patients remitted to a tertiary care center

Second visit at 3 months

SOC patients

 

kept on opioids

withdrew opioids

p

Number of patients

26

43

 

ICAF (mean (sd)

   

Physical factor

54.7 (11.0)

53.7 (13.8)

0.770

Emotional factor

57.1 (12.1)

53.7 (12.0)

0.275

Active coping

48.8 (11.0)

54.3 (11.0)

0.051

Passive coping

55.5 (10.0)

54.8 (10.7)

0.784

Total score

56.9 (13.1)

52.7 (11.7)

0.180

PGIC (percentages)

  

0.898

Better

31%

30%

 

The same

23%

28%

 

Worse

46%

42%

 
  1. SOC = strong opioid consumer. sd = standard deviation. ICAF = Combined Index of Severity in Fibromyalgia. PGIC = patient global impression of change. ns = not significant