Comparing multidisciplinary and brief intervention in sick-listed employees with low back pain. Do job relations matter?

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: ow back pain; Signs and Symptoms; Low back pain

• Registration Number: ISRCTN14136384
• Lead Sponsor: Central Region Denmark (Marselisborgcentret and Regional Hospital Silkeborg)

Brief Summary

2017 Protocol article in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29246257/ protocol (added 15/01/2021) 2022 Results article in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35147899/ (added 14/02/2022)

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2015-09-01
• Study Completion: 2019-12-31
• Last Update Posted: 1 March 2022

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 476

Inclusion Criteria

1. Age 16-60 years
2. On partial (contracted hours reduced by at least 25%) or fully (contracted hours reduced by 100%) on sick leave from work for 4 to 12 weeks due to Low Back Pain

Exclusion Criteria

1. Unemployment
2. Continuing or progressive signs or symptoms of nerve root affection implicating plans for surgery
3. Low back surgery within the last year or specific back diseases (e.g. tumor)
4. Pregnancy
5. Known dependency on drugs or alcohol
6. Any primary psychiatric disease

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Return to work (RTW), which will be measured during a follow-up period of one year. RTW is here defined as the first 4-week period after sick-listing, where sick-leave and disability benefits are not received. Data will be retrieved from registers of public social transfer income.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Disability will be measured based on pain and functioning based on questionnaire data retrieved one year after inclusion. The Roland Morris Disability questionnaire is used (23 items).