Clinical trial NCT01356784: Returning to Work. Efficacy of "Tailored Physical Activity or" "Chronic Pain Self-management Program" in Sicklisted Citizens With Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain
Official title: Efficacy of "Tailored Physical Activity or" "Chronic Pain Self-management Program" on Returning to Work: a Randomized Controlled Trial in Sicklisted Citizens With Chronic Pain Related to the Spine or Upper Body
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: PHASE1
PHASE2
Conditions: Musculoskeletal Pain
Keywords: Sick-listed
Tailored physical activity
Patient education
Returning to work
DK-Sønderborg Municipality
columna
upper body
Lead sponsor: University of Southern Denmark
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: DK-Sønderborg Municipality
First posted: 2011-05-19
Enrollment: 141
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 66
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: PREVENTION

Brief summary: TEst the effect of "Tailored Physical Activity" or "Chronic Pain Self-management Program" on Returning to Work in Sicklisted Citizens With Chronic Pain Related to the Spine or Upper Body

Detailed description: Pain affects quality of life and it's important for the individual who experience chronic pain to find strategies to prevent or reduce pain. In some situations pain can't be reduced and the individual has to master pain by learning to live with it. Pain can lead to a loss of functions which may change one's roles both in relation to the family as to colleagues, for example sick leave from work.

Limited evidence is available on the effects of interventions to sick-listed citizens with chronic musculoskeletal pain.

This study test the effect of either "tailored physical activity or "Chronic Pain Self-management Program" on returning to work and the parameters pain, function and quality of life respectively on the body function and participation level of sick-listed people with chronic musculoskeletal pain related to columna and the upper body.

Citizens in DK-Sønderborg Municipality sick-listed for a maximum of 9 weeks will be invited. Participants will be randomized for either tailored physical activity, "Chronic Pain Self-Management Program" or reference group.

Primary endpoint is 3 months and 12 months follow-up.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Sick-listed with musculoskeletal pain related to columna or the upper body for a maximum period of 9 weeks in DK-Sønderborg Municipality

Primary outcomes:
measure: Sick-listed or not
timeFrame: 3 months
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Aerobic capacity
timeFrame: 3 months
measure: hand-grip strength
timeFrame: 3 months
measure: Body weight, waist circumference, hip circumference
timeFrame: 3 months
measure: Questionnaire
timeFrame: 3 months
measure: Sick-listed or not
timeFrame: 12-months follow-up
measure: Aerobic capacity
timeFrame: 12-months follow-up
measure: Hand-grip strength
timeFrame: 12-months follow-up
measure: Questionnaire
timeFrame: 12-months follow-up
measure: Body weight, waist circumference, hip circumference
timeFrame: 12 months follow-up
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Sønderborg
country: Denmark
facility: Health Care Centre
Study officials:
References:
citation: Andersen LN, Juul-Kristensen B, Roessler KK, Herborg LG, Sorensen TL, Sogaard K. Efficacy of 'Tailored Physical Activity' or 'Chronic Pain Self-Management Program' on return to work for sick-listed citizens: design of a randomised controlled trial. BMC Public Health. 2013 Jan 23;13:66. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-66.