NCT02967705

Pain Management Groups in Occupational Health Settings

Study on Pain Management Groups in Occupational Health Settings

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 60 (actual)
• Sponsor: Finnish Institute of Occupational Health · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This cluster randomized waiting-list controlled study will evaluate the effectiveness of pain management group activity organized by the OH on pain intensity and associated disability, and co-occurrence of mental or sleep problem in patients with chronic pain.

Detailed description

Pain is very prevalent among the working population causing a considerable amount of work disability days. Pain management group therapy has shown to have a significant effect on chronic pain. However, little is known of the effect of such therapy on work disability. There are especially very few studies prescribing the effectiveness of pain management groups provided by the occupational health service.

Conditions

• Chronic Pain

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Pain management group	Chronic pain patients participate in a peer group. They are provided information about chronic pain self-management based on biopsychosocial framework.

Timeline

• Start date: 2016-02-20
• Primary completion: 2020-12-01
• Completion: 2020-12-01
• First posted: 2016-11-18
• Last updated: 2019-11-26