Returning to Work. Efficacy of Tailored Physical Activity or Chronic Pain Self-management Program in Sicklisted Citizens With Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain

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

Status

Completed

Phases

Phase 1Phase 2

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT01356784

Enrollment

141

Registered

2011-05-19

Start date

2011-05-31

Completion date

2014-04-30

Last updated

2014-04-24

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Conditions

Musculoskeletal Pain

Keywords

Sick-listed, Tailored physical activity, Patient education, Returning to work, DK-Sønderborg Municipality, columna, upper body

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.

Interventions

OTHERTailored Physical Activity

Health counselling (1,5h) and graded physical activity (3×50 min/week in 10 weeks)

BEHAVIORALChronic Pain Self-management Programme

Health counselling (1,5h) and 'Chronic Pain Self-management Program' (2,5h in 6 weeks)

BEHAVIORALHealth counselling

Health guidance (1,5h)

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

SINGLE (Outcomes Assessor)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to 66 Years

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

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Sick-listed or not	3 months	Registration of the participants status as sick-listed or not and co-primary the number of days on sick-leave in the period.

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Sick-listed or not	12-months follow-up	Registration of the participants status as sick-listed or not and co-primary the number of days on sick-leave in the period.
Aerobic capacity	3 months	—
Hand-grip strength	12-months follow-up	—
Body weight, waist circumference, hip circumference	3 months	—
Questionnaire	3 months	—
hand-grip strength	3 months	—

Countries

Denmark

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Mar 24, 2026