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Clinical Trials/ACTRN12609000843257
ACTRN12609000843257
Recruiting
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Does Self Management for Chronic Compensated Musculoskeletal Disorders increase the effectiveness of Vocational Rehabilitation outcomes?

Health Services Australia Group0 sites366 target enrollmentSeptember 29, 2009

Overview

Phase
Not Applicable
Intervention
Not specified
Conditions
Not specified
Sponsor
Health Services Australia Group
Enrollment
366
Status
Recruiting
Last Updated
6 years ago

Overview

Brief Summary

No summary available.

Registry
who.int
Start Date
September 29, 2009
End Date
TBD
Last Updated
6 years ago
Study Type
Interventional
Sex
All

Investigators

Sponsor
Health Services Australia Group

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • Participants will comprise 366 clients of the participating clinics of Work Solutions, part of the Health Services Australia Group, an industry partner. All participants will have a musculoskeletal disorder. Participants will have been referred to Work Solutions via their private insurer or a government provider.
  • (1\) A musculoskeletal disorder diagnosed by a medical practitioner of 3 months or more in duration, causing the client too be off work
  • (2\) Referred to Work Solutions for vocational or occupational rehabilitation
  • (3\) Agreement (in writing) by the payer (private insurer, government provider) for clients (participants) to participate in the research
  • (4\) Note clients must have been working at the time of the injury to be eligible for the study
  • (5\) Clients have to be new referrals to Work Solutions to be eligible
  • (6\) It is anticipated that clients will be 3 to 6 months post injury but can be up to 2 years post injury
  • (7\) English language skills adequate to complete the Self Management course

Exclusion Criteria

  • Exclusion Criteria:
  • (i) Clients will be excluded if they demonstrate signs and symptoms suggestive of a red flag condition (eg tumor, systemic illness, inflammatory disease or infection screened using the criteria outlined in the Evidence based management of acute musculoskeletal pain (Australian Acute Musculoskeletal Pain Guidelines Group).
  • (ii) Clients whose primary condition is psychiatric
  • Note: co\-morbid psychiatric conditions are not grounds for exclusion

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Not specified

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