Assessing pain management in total joint arthroplasty using the Detroit interventional pain assessment scale—A prospective cohort study

Table 3 Demographic Characteristics of Patients and Efficiency Scores and Prescribed MMEs

Demographics	3 weeks			3 months			6 months
	Efficiency Scores (IPA 0–1)			Efficiency Scores (IPA 0–1)			Efficiency Scores (IPA 0–1)
	%	95% CI	P-value	%	95% CI	P-value	%	95% CI	P-value
Gender
Female	80.0	69.8–89.8	0.258	70.2	54.5–82.8	0.913	53.8	37.5–69.4	0.567
Male	69.6	51.8–85.2	0.258	68.7	43.7–91.6	0.913	66.6	33.3–100	0.567
BMI
BMI < 40	78.6	68.2–87.9	0.370	73.9	60.7–87.0	0.198	56.2	38.4–72.7	1.000
BMI > 40	69.5	50.0–88.8	0.370	42.8	6.5–92.2	0.198	56.2	30.0–77.7	1.000
Race/Ethnicity
White/European	100		0.099	75.0	20.3–100	0.270	60.0	0–100	0.886
Black/African American	77.4	66–87.3		62.1	47.2–76.4		58.3	41.6–74.1
Not Specified	62.5	42.3–82.1		87.5	57.1–100		40.0	0–100
Other	100			100			100
	3 weeks			3 months			6 months
	AVG MMEs	95% CI	P-value	AVG MMEs	95% CI	P-value	AVG MMEs	95% CI	P-value
Gender
Female	25.4	18.2–32.7	0.662	7.8	2.6–13.0	0.709	4.3	2.5–6.2	0.716
Male	31.6	17.7–45.4	0.662	8.9	1.2–16.5	0.709	7.2	0.36–15.2	0.716
BMI
BMI < 40	25.2	19.2–31.2	0.696	30.7	29.1–32.2	0.001	4.5	2.2–7.7	0.485
BMI > 40	35	14.1–55.9	0.696	47.2	42.7–51.7	0.001	5.4	2.5–8.8	0.485
Race/Ethnicity
White/European	13.8	4.3–23.4	0.184	0		0.263	10.5	0–25.1	0.786
Black/African American	30	20.3–39.7		9.9	5.1–15.9		4.4	2.4–6.3
Not Specified	24.6	15.5–33.8		5.6	0–15.0		2.4	0–6.3
Other	40	18.4–61.5		5	0–15.0		5.0	0–10.0

Demographic characteristics of patients (gender, age, BMI, and race/ethnicity) and corresponding efficiency scores and prescribed MMEs at three weeks, three months, and six months after operation. Efficiency scores were calculated as the percentage of patients reporting no pain or tolerable pain in a specific postoperative period

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