Pain Management Groups in Occupational Health Settings

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Chronic Pain
• Interventions: Behavioral: Pain management group

• Registration Number: NCT02967705
• Lead Sponsor: Finnish Institute of Occupational Health

Brief Summary

This cluster randomized waiting-list controlled study will evaluate the effectiveness of pain management group activity organized by the OH on pain intensity and associated disability, and co-occurrence of mental or sleep problem in patients with chronic pain.

Detailed Description

Pain is very prevalent among the working population causing a considerable amount of work disability days. Pain management group therapy has shown to have a significant effect on chronic pain. However, little is known of the effect of such therapy on work disability. There are especially very few studies prescribing the effectiveness of pain management groups provided by the occupational health service.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2016-02-20
• Study First Submitted: 2016-10-20
• Study First Submitted QC: 2016-11-16
• Study First Posted: 2016-11-18
• Status Verified: 2019-11
• Last Update Submitted: 2019-11-25
• Last Update Posted: 2019-11-26
• Primary Completion: 2020-12
• Study Completion: 2020-12

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 60

Inclusion Criteria

• chronic pain + increased risk of work disability (based on a screening survey)

Exclusion Criteria

• a malignant disease such as cancer, or severe mental illness such as depression causing significant functional disability.
• participating in another pain group elsewhere.
• in the middle of a major life crises such as divorce.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Pain management group	Pain management group	6 + 1 meetings 2 hours each

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Sleep problems	Change in sleep problems from before intervention to immediately after intervention and at 6 months	self-reported questionnaire, 1-item question, response scale 0-10, n=60
Work ability	Change in work ability from before intervention to immediately after intervention and at 6 months	self-reported questionnaire, 1-item question, response scale 0-10, n=60
Pain self-efficacy	Change in pain self-efficacy from before intervention to immediately after intervention and at 6 months	self-reported questionnaire, set of 10 questions, item response scale 0 - 6, n=60
Pain intensity	Change in pain intensity from before intervention to immediately after intervention and at 6 months	self-reported questionnaire, 1-item question, scale 0-10, n=60
Chronic pain acceptance	Change in chronic pain acceptance from before intervention to immediately after intervention and at 6 months	self-reported questionnaire, set of 8 questions, item response scale 0 - 6, n=60
Fear-avoidance beliefs	Change in fear-avoidance beliefs from before intervention to immediately after intervention and at 6 months	self-reported questionnaire, set of 3 questions, item response scale 0 - 6, n=18
Depressive symptoms	Change in depressive symptoms from before intervention to immediately after intervention and at 6 months	self-reported questionnaire, 1-item question, response scale 0-10, n=60

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
health care contacts	6 months before and 6 months after intervention	register based, number of contacts to OHS
sickness absence	6 months before and 6 months after intervention	register based, number of sick leave days