What is the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of using individual supported work placements to help people with persistent pain to return to work?
- Conditions
- Helping unemployed people with chronic pain return to work.Musculoskeletal Diseases
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN85437524
- Lead Sponsor
- Kristiania University College
- Brief Summary
2023 Protocol article in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36906593/ (added 13/03/2023) 2024 Interim results article in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39138502/ Internal pilot study results (added 14/08/2024)
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Ongoing
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 557
Current inclusion criteria as of 20/09/2022:
1. Aged between 18-64 years, living in Norway
2. Want to work, and have been out of work for at least 1 month
3. Had pain for more than 3 months that is judged to interfere with work ability
Previous inclusion criteria:
1. Aged between 16-64 years
2. Want to work, and have been out of work for at least 1 month
3. Had pain for more than 3 months that is judged to interfere with work ability
1. People aged 65 years or over as their future time in work would be relatively limited.
2. People insufficiently fluent in Norwegian or English to give consent
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method