Optimal Pain Treatment Interventions (OPTIons): Providing early access to a specialist multidisciplinary pain service for people injured at work

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Work related soft tissue injuries; pain; Musculoskeletal - Other muscular and skeletal disorders; Injuries and Accidents - Other injuries and accidents; Anaesthesiology - Pain management

• Registration Number: ACTRN12619001578190
• Lead Sponsor: Sydney Medical School (Northern) - The University of Sydney

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2019-11-15
• Last Update Posted: 25 November 2019

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: ot yet recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 300

Inclusion Criteria

The key inclusion criteria are:
•Having a current workers compensation claim
•Having a musculoskeletal injury
•Being unfit for work or Not returned to pre-injury duties and capacity (as per the Certificate of Capacity)
•Living in an identified postcode, which is close to a participating Pain Management Clinic
•Having a score of 50/100 or greater on the Örebro Musculoskeletal Pain Screening Questionnaire (*ÖMPSQ) OR currently using opioids for pain
•Within 14 to 90 days of the Worker having notified iCare about the injury

Exclusion Criteria

The exclusion criteria are:
•Being considered for surgery (scheduled or definite booking pending)
•Having a primary psychological injury
•Having a catastrophic injury (e.g. spinal cord injury)
•Having an injury due to assault
•Being a casual, contracted or labour-hire worker who could be job detached (where their contract has expired and/or there is no job to return to).
•Having concurrent claims where the worker already has an open claim when the new injury occurs.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
The primary outcome measure, is 'lost time from work' (in days) for up to 1 year after the Worker's injury, as assessed by number of days reimbursed for missing work. This information will be obtained from the insurer.<br>[This is assessed at 12 months post date of injury.]