Disclosures: Elliot Bodofsky, MD: No financial relationships or conflicts of interest

Objective: An estimated 20% of US adults have chronic pain, and 8% have chronic pain that limits activities on a daily basis. Opioid pain meds are frequently used to treat chronic pain. Up to 20% of chronic pain patients on prescription opioids have misused or abused the medications. The ongoing Optimizing Pain Treatment in New Jersey (OPTIN) study examines psychosocial and genetic influences on risk for opioid misuse or abuse.

Design: . Multiple psycho-social profiles including indices on substance abuse, employment, legal issues, social support, abuse, anxiety and depressionSetting : Outpatient offices of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and Anesthesiology.Participants : Chronic pain patients taking opioids at an academic medical center ages 18+.

Interventions: Analysis of initial demographic and psycho-social testing results

Main Outcome Measures: Age, gender, and racial/ethnic breakdown, and comparisons by groups

Results: There were 108 participants in the OPTIN study, with complete data for 102 (six had not completed the psycho-social testing, 2 did not report ethnic group). Mean age was 55.8 (range 22-83). There were more women (68) than men (40), pConclusions: OPTIN study pain patients are much older than the overall population. While participants were predominantly female, gender differences in testing were not significant. Ethnic/racial participation in OPTIN mirrored the medical center population. Significant psycho-social score differences by racial/ethnic groups were found.

Level of Evidence: Level I

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