Clinical trial NCT02967705: Pain Management Groups in Occupational Health Settings
Official title: Study on Pain Management Groups in Occupational Health Settings
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: UNKNOWN
Phase: NA
Conditions: Chronic Pain
Keywords: Pain Management
Chronic Pain
Health Services
Occupational Health
Lead sponsor: Finnish Institute of Occupational Health
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: Finnish Work Environment Fund
name: Työterveys Helsinki (Helsinki city occupational health service)
First posted: 2016-11-18
Enrollment: 60
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 65
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: SUPPORTIVE_CARE

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.

Eligibility criteria: 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.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Pain intensity
timeFrame: Change in pain intensity from before intervention to immediately after intervention and at 6 months
measure: Pain self-efficacy
timeFrame: Change in pain self-efficacy from before intervention to immediately after intervention and at 6 months
measure: Chronic pain acceptance
timeFrame: Change in chronic pain acceptance from before intervention to immediately after intervention and at 6 months
measure: Fear-avoidance beliefs
timeFrame: Change in fear-avoidance beliefs from before intervention to immediately after intervention and at 6 months
measure: Depressive symptoms
timeFrame: Change in depressive symptoms from before intervention to immediately after intervention and at 6 months
measure: Sleep problems
timeFrame: Change in sleep problems from before intervention to immediately after intervention and at 6 months
measure: Work ability
timeFrame: Change in work ability from before intervention to immediately after intervention and at 6 months
Secondary outcomes:
measure: sickness absence
timeFrame: 6 months before and 6 months after intervention
measure: health care contacts
timeFrame: 6 months before and 6 months after intervention
Other outcomes:
Locations:
Study officials:
affiliation: Helsinki City OHS
name: Helena Miranda, Dr.Med.Sc.
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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