Integrating a Multidisciplinary Pain Team and Chiropractic Care in a Community Health Center: An Observational Study of Managing Chronic Spinal Pain

doi:10.1177/2150132720953680

Table 1.

Demographic Characteristics of Participants at Baseline.

Variable	Participants n (%)
Intervention
Chiropractic team	20 (57%)
Pain team	12 (34%)
Both	3 (9%)
Sex
Female	19 (54%)
Male	16 (46%)
Age
18-40	6 (17%)
41-60	21 (60%)
>60	8 (23%)
Race
Black	29 (83%)
White	6 (17%)
BMI
<30	17 (49%)
≥30	18 (51%)
Insurance
Public^*	25 (71%)
Private	6 (17%)
uninsured	4 (11%)

Other pain diagnosis	14 (40%)
Diabetes mellitus	4 (11%)
Hypertension	22 (63%)
Mental health diagnosis	13 (37%)
Chronic opioid prescription	2 (6%)

^*Public insurance includes Medicare (n = 5), Medicaid (n = 5) and Gateway to Better Health (Gateway, n = 15), a federally-funded temporary health care program for residents of St. Louis. Gateway’s service coverage and copayments are similar to Medicaid.