Please select the arm or intervention descriptions that belong to the clinical trial below.
Title: Is Interdisciplinary Intervention for Patients Sicklisted With Musculoskeletal Pain More Effective in Helping Patients Back to Work Than Than The Less Resource Demanding Brief Intervention Method?
Brief Summary: Musculoskeletal pain is very common in the normal population, and the reason for about 50 % of the long term sickness absence in Norway. Most of these patients have common, but troublesome subjective health complaints where pathological findings are absent or substantially less than expected compared to the reported intensity of the complaints. Psychosocial factors are important in the development of chronic complaints. In a large meta-analysis job satisfaction was found to be associated with mental health and subjective physical health. Individual factors are also important. Uncertainty related to the understanding of pain mechanisms, treatment strategies and management contribute to the problem.

Among patients sicklisted for musculoskeletal complaints, low back pain is the largest diagnose group. Most of these patients also have many other complaints. Previous studies have shown that for low back pain patients a brief intervention at a spine clinic with examination, information, reassurance, and encouragement to engage in physical activity as normal as possible, had significant effect in reducing sick leave. Other studies have shown that multidisciplinary rehabilitation for chronic low back pain has effect on sick leave. A Danish study from Arbeidsmiljøinstituttet report that interdisciplinary treatment for patients sicklisted for musculoskeletal complaints, had effect on socio-economic costs, pain, and function.

A treatment team consisting of various professionals is expensive, and in this study we will compare the simple, standardized brief intervention model with the more resource demanding interdisciplinary treatment for patients sicklisted for musculoskeletal complaints.

Research question / hypothesis: An interdisciplinary treatment model for musculoskeletal complaints - is it beneficial for reducing sickness absence?


Options:
A: Arm Label: Intervention group; Type: EXPERIMENTAL; Interventions: Behavioral: Interdisciplinary intervention | Arm Label: Controll group; Type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR; Interventions: Behavioral: Control Group, Brief Intervention | Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL; Name: Interdisciplinary intervention; Assigned to Arm(s): Intervention group | Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL; Name: Control Group, Brief Intervention; Assigned to Arm(s): Controll group
B: Arm Label: PLURIHOC; Type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR; Interventions: Other: functionnal reeducation | Arm Label: KIPLURI; Type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR; Interventions: Other: functionnal reeducation | Arm Label: KIMONO; Type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR; Interventions: Other: functionnal reeducation | Intervention Type: OTHER; Name: functionnal reeducation; Assigned to Arm(s): KIMONO, KIPLURI, PLURIHOC
C: Arm Label: Work related rehabilitation; Type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR; Interventions: Behavioral: Exercises and work related rehabilitation | Arm Label: Brief intervention; Type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR; Interventions: Behavioral: Brief intervention | Arm Label: Multidisciplinary exercise group; Type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR; Interventions: Behavioral: multidisciplinary exercise group | Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL; Name: Exercises and work related rehabilitation; Assigned to Arm(s): Work related rehabilitation | Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL; Name: Brief intervention; Assigned to Arm(s): Brief intervention | Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL; Name: multidisciplinary exercise group; Assigned to Arm(s): Multidisciplinary exercise group
D: Arm Label: Tailored Physical Activity; Type: EXPERIMENTAL; Interventions: Other: Tailored Physical Activity | Arm Label: Reference group; Type: OTHER; Interventions: Behavioral: Health Counselling | Intervention Type: OTHER; Name: Tailored Physical Activity; Assigned to Arm(s): Tailored Physical Activity | Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL; Name: Health Counselling; Assigned to Arm(s): Reference group

Answer: A