Structured physiotherapy including a work place intervention for patients with neck and/or back pain in primary care: an economic evaluation.

ABSTRACT: A cluster-randomized controlled trial, WorkUp, was conducted for working-aged patients at risk of sick leave or on short-term sick leave due to acute/subacute neck and/or back pain in Sweden. The purpose of WorkUp was to facilitate participants to stay at work or in case of sick leave, return-to-work. The aim of this study was to study whether the WorkUp trial was cost-effective. Patients in the intervention and reference group received structured evidence-based physiotherapy, while patients in the intervention group also received a work place dialogue with the employer as an add-on. The participants, 352 in total, were recruited from 20 physiotherapeutic units in primary healthcare in southern Sweden. The economic evaluation was performed both from a healthcare and a societal perspective

SUBMITTER: Saha S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6438933 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature