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WorkUp. Structured Care With Workplace Interventions to Improve Work Ability in Patients With Neck and/or Low Back Pain
Sponsor: Lund University
Summary
WorkUp is a prospective cluster randomised controlled trial in primary care. The main purpose is to investigate effects of early structured care based on screening of red flags (signs of serious medical conditions/disease), yellow flags (psychosocial factors, attitude to pain) and blue flags (workplace related factors) and including a workplace intervention according to the method "Convergence Dialogue Meetings" (CDM) for improving work ability, in comparison with treatment as usual, in patients with neck and/or back pain.
Official title: WorkUp. Early Structured Care Including Workplace Interventions to Improve Work Ability in Patients With Neck and/or Back Pain. A Prospective Pare Wise Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial in Primary Care With One Year Follow up
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
18 Years - 67 Years
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
364
Start Date
2013-01
Completion Date
2025-12
Last Updated
2025-03-17
Healthy Volunteers
No
Interventions
Structured care & workplace intervention
In addition to structured care a workplace intervention named Convergence Dialogue Meetings (CDM) are carried out. CDM is a three step structured dialogue and meeting model supporting the patient, health care professionals and employer to summarize concrete suggestions to support sustainable work ability and a return to work if sick listed.
Treatment as Usual
Patients will follow the primary health care's standard time schedule and procedures as of ordinary care and the rehabilitation guarantee. For each patient all treatment measures are recorded in a manual, regarding number of treatments, time used per treatment and type of treatment.