Chronic pain and unemployment Signs and Symptoms
Conditions
Interventions
The research includes mixed-methods in six work packages. Five of the 6 are qualitative work involving all the key stakeholders. Work package 4 involves carrying out a pilot trial including 80 partici
Sponsors
University of Southampton
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Participants who have taken part in the Individualised Placement Support scheme in Southampton or Portsmouth 2. Employment Support Workers who are currently working in the IPS scheme in Southampton and/or Portsmouth 3. Primary care staff will be invited to the focus group sessions if they are currently part of a team involved with patients with chronic pain in Southampton and/or Portsmouth 4. People with chronic pain who are unemployed for more than 3 months as a result of their health condition and who want to work
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Individuals who are unable to speak English
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Feasibility of recruitment, assessed using qualitative focus group/semi-structured interviews in January-June 2017 2. The acceptability of randomisation, assessed by descriptive analysis of the pilot trial data (the proportion who agree to take part) in April 2017-September 2018 3. Drop outs from intervention/control arms, assessed by descriptive analysis of the pilot trial data (rates of attrition from each arm of the trial) in April 2017-September 2018 4. Drop outs over the follow-up period, assessed by descriptive analysis of the pilot trial data (rates of attrition during the trial) in April 2017-September 2018 | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| This pilot trial will explore the acceptability and feasibility of use of a range of relevant outcome measures which would usefully inform the future definitive trial. Some of the development work for this will take place during WPs 1-3 and therefore a definitive list cannot be provided at this stage. However, measures that are currently planned to be used include: 1. Work: Competitive employment outcomes (obtaining an interview, obtaining a job, duration of employment, hours of employment achieved, productivity, intensity of work participation, presenteeism, sickness absence), job satisfaction, job search self-efficacy questionnaire (Vinokur 1991), financial wellness, debt 2. Health: General self-efficacy (Luszczynska 2005), Modified enablement questionnaire (Howie 1998), self-rated health, IMMPACT measures of chronic pain (Dworkin 2005) including function, pain self-efficacy (Nicholas), mental health, pain medication use, adverse events, healthcare use (A&E visits, Ambulance calls, hospital visits, inpatient days, GP appointments), health-related quality of life, EQ-5D, social and emotional wellbeing, self-esteem and beliefs about coping, positive functioning, optimism, resilience 3. Economics: Health and social care costs, benefits costs, cost-effectiveness from societal perspective | — |
Countries
England, United Kingdom
Contacts
Public ContactCathy Linaker
Outcome results
None listed