Baseline Scores and 6-Month and 1-Year Outcomes for Cohort 2
| Measures | Usual Care Mean (SD) | INFOFEED Mean (SD) | INFOFEED+NE Mean (SD) | INFOFEED vs Control | INFOFEED+NE vs Control |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INFOFEED = patient information and physician feedback; INFOFEED+NE = patient information and physician feedback plus nurse-educator. | |||||
| * Adjusted for race, pain duration, history of substance abuse, baseline function interference estimate score, the number of days spent in a hospital before baseline, and the total number of visits to doctors before baseline. | |||||
| Baseline | (n = 155) | (n = 132) | (n = 184) | P Value | P Value |
| Bodily pain | 40.4 (24.1) | 45.0 (20.8) | 42.3 (20.9) | .09 | .45 |
| Role physical | 31.4 (39.1) | 33.9 (38.5) | 29.1 (35.5) | .58 | .57 |
| Physical function | 49.9 (28.9) | 51.6 (27.6) | 49.4 (29.4) | .62 | .89 |
| Vitality | 36.8 (16.5) | 36.3 (15.7) | 36.3 (15.3) | .81 | .79 |
| Role emotional | 47.9 (44.8) | 47.5 (45.1) | 45.4 (41.4) | .93 | .59 |
| Social function | 52.5 (27.7) | 56.2 (26.8) | 54.2 (27.7) | .25 | .58 |
| Functional interference estimate | 13.4 (6.6) | 15 (5.1) | 13.7 (5.7) | .029 | .77 |
| Health care utilization | |||||
| Total doctor visits | 5.8 (6.3) | 4.7 (5) | 7.5 (9.4) | .12 | .047 |
| Days in hospital | 0.33 (1.4) | 0.98 (2.9) | 0.58 (1.9) | .02 | .2 |
| Days at home, in bed | 8.4 (17.5) | 8.3 (21.5) | 5.9 (14) | .97 | .19 |
| 6-Month change from baseline | (n = 134) | (n = 115) | (n = 144) | P Value* | P Value* |
| Bodily pain | 2.2 (19.3) | 3.9 (18.8) | 7.6 (21.3) | .16 | .011 |
| Role physical | 1.7 (36.6) | 3.1 (35.1) | 12.5 (37.7) | .096 | .025 |
| Physical function | 0.77 (17.9) | 1.8 (18.3) | 6.0 (18.7) | .11 | .062 |
| Vitality | −0.43 (13.6) | 2.1 (14) | 7.3 (12.6) | .059 | <.001 |
| Role emotional | −0.26 (41.2) | 6.9 (41.3) | 8.5 (42.1) | .083 | .048 |
| Social function | 3.1 (24.3) | 6.0 (23.3) | 10.0 (24) | .31 | .058 |
| Functional interference estimate | −0.98 (5.5) | −0.078 (5.6) | 0.96 (5.2) | .042 | .027 |
| Health care utilization | |||||
| Total doctor visits | 1.2 (8.5) | 0.61 (7) | 0.13 (9.5) | .7 | .28 |
| Days in hospital | −0.16 (1.6) | −0.31 (2.5) | −0.12 (2.6) | .84 | .21 |
| Days at home, in bed | −0.14 (16.7) | −3.1 (16.9) | 0.027 (9.6) | .083 | .82 |
| 1-Year change from baseline | (n = 126) | (n = 114) | (n = 158) | P Value* | P Value* |
| Bodily pain | 3.6 (22.9) | 2.1 (19.7) | 7.8 (22.3) | .95 | .06 |
| Role physical | 4.8 (37.3) | 5.5 (38.5) | 10.1 (39.4) | .32 | .11 |
| Physical function | 3.2 (17.7) | 1.7 (15.9) | 5.0 (17.8) | .97 | .22 |
| Vitality | 3.7 (14.7) | 0.92 (15.4) | 7.4 (15.7) | .84 | .048 |
| Role emotional | 3.8 (45.4) | 5.9 (46.6) | 13.9 (43.7) | .25 | .046 |
| Social function | 1.3 (25.5) | 3.4 (24) | 7.3 (26.9) | .58 | .084 |
| Functional interference estimate | 0.65 (4.9) | 0.43 (5.3) | 1.5 (5.9) | .12 | .02 |
| Health care utilization | |||||
| Total doctor visits | 1.7 (9.1) | 0.49 (6.4) | −0.16 (8.8) | .8 | .64 |
| Days in hospital | 0.022 (2.1) | −0.52 (2.8) | 0.087 (2.8) | .42 | .82 |
| Days at home, in bed | 0.96 (18.4) | −4.4 (20.3) | −1.0 (16.1) | .13 | .56 |