Individual supported work placements (ReISE) for improving sustained return to work in unemployed people with persistent pain: study protocol for a cohort randomised controlled trial with embedded economic and process evaluations.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Around one-third of workdays lost in Norway are due to musculoskeletal conditions, with persistent (chronic) pain being the most frequent cause of sick leave and work disability. Increasing work participation for people with persistent pain improves their health, quality of life, and well-being and reduces poverty; however, it is not clear how to best help unemployed people who have persistent pain to return to work. The aim of this study is to examine if a matched work placement intervention featuring case manager support and work-focused healthcare improves return to work rates and quality of life for unemployed people in Norway with persistent pain who want to work.

Methods

We will use a cohort randomised controlled approach to test the effectiveness and cost-e

SUBMITTER: Amundsen PA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10006572 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature