Cross-Disciplinary Workplace Intervention Strategy for Chronic Musculoskeletal Disorders

November 20, 2008 updated by: Institut Universitaire Romand de Sante au Travail

Sickness absenteeism caused by MSDs is a persistent and expensive health challenge in all industrial countries including Switzerland. Despite much progress as to the cause and prevention of MSDs, they continue to be some of the most prevalent and challenging health problems with respect to the work-place and to socio-economic burden.

To improve the situation, several recent reviews recommended interventions based on the bio-psycho-social model. Work-hardening and industrial rehabilitation programs focused more on the in balance between physical and mental demands of work on one side and capacities of the individual on the other side. Therefore we propose to merge the two models into one. The result is an interdisciplinary intervention strategy witch includes work hardening, medical trainings, a cognitive behavioural approach and work place intervention.

Study Overview

Status

Unknown

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Procedure: combined intervention

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Anticipated)

120

Phase

Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

Switzerland
- - Lausanne, Switzerland
    - Recruiting
    - Institut universitaire romand de Santè au Travail

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years to 58 years (Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

Employees on sick leave because of non-specific back and/or neck/shoulder pain
actual unable to work and continuous or cumulative (totalized) work incapa- city in the past 6 monts
≥ 20 working days 100% absence from work or
≥ 40 working days 80 to 99% absence from work or
≥ 60 working days 50 to 79% absence from work and
not older than 58 level of employment ≥ 50%
no longer than 6 monts absencer from work (100% unable to work)

Exclusion Criteria:

Specific diagnosis such as infection, neoplasm, metastasis osteoporosis, rheumatoid arthritis, fracture and inflammatory process or other conditions for which valid diagnoses had been demonstrated either in the anamnesis, records or the clinical examination
Postoperative health condition with prohibited physical load
Major co-morbidity which may determine return to work in a clearly stronger way then the MSD itself such as a major depression, psychosis, heavy drug or alcohol disease or instable cardiac or pulmonary disease
Predominant specific shoulder pathology in "neck-shoulder pain"

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

Primary Purpose: Treatment
Allocation: Randomized
Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Single

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Time Frame
Sick-day saving, work capacity, economic variables Time Frame: one year	one year

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Time Frame
Functional performance, pain, general health, variables related to coping, believes, anxiety, depression Time Frame: one year	one year

Collaborators and Investigators

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Sponsor

Institut Universitaire Romand de Sante au Travail

Investigators

Study Director: Danuser Brigitta, Prof, Institut universitaire romand de Santè au Travail

Publications and helpful links

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Helpful Links

Click here for more information about this study: Cross-Disciplinary Workplace Intervention Strategy for Chronic Musculoskeletal Disorders

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start

March 1, 2006

Study Completion (Anticipated)

February 1, 2009

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

August 25, 2006

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria