Trial reportPain medicine (Malden, Mass.)2022
The Individual Placement and Support (IPS) in Pain Trial: A Randomized Controlled Trial of IPS for Patients with Chronic Pain Conditions.
Trial report in Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Update on Individual Placement and Support for New Populations: A Meta-Analytic Review.Journal of occupational rehabilitation · 2026Pooled it
- The effectiveness of Individual Placement and Support on vocational outcomes for patients with substance use disorders: A pragmatic superiority randomized controlled trial of Individual Placement and Support versus enhanced self-help.Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2025Trial
- Vocational rehabilitation job coaching based on the Individual Placement and Support model: protocol for a mixed methods implementation study.Frontiers in rehabilitation sciences · 2026Article
- Large trials of psychosocial interventions: examples from individual placement and support.International journal of public health · 2026Review
- Obstacles and facilitators of return to work among people with persistent pain who receive benefit payments: an in-depth interview study.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Individual supported work placements (ReISE) for improving sustained return to work in unemployed people with persistent pain: an internal pilot study of a cohort randomised controlled approach.Pilot and feasibility studies · 2024Article
- Individual Placement and Support (IPS) beyond severe mental health: An overview review and meta-analysis of evidence around vocational outcomes.Preventive medicine reports · 2024Review
- Individual placement and support: History, current status, and future directions.PCN reports : psychiatry and clinical neurosciences · 2023Review
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Abstract
objectivesAlthough complex pain conditions require an interdisciplinary approach, employment services are rarely provided in pain centers. Individual Placement and Support (IPS) is an effective approach to increase work participation among patients with severe mental illness, and recent evidence suggests that this method can be successfully repurposed for new target groups. We aimed to investigate the effectiveness of IPS integrated with interdisciplinary treatment as usual (TAU) for patients with chronic pain in a tertiary pain center.
methodsA randomized controlled trial comparing IPS integrated with TAU (n = 38) with TAU alone (n = 20) was conducted. Participants were patients with chronic pain who were 18-65 years of age and currently on long-term sick leave or disability benefits or unemployed. The primary outcome was employment within 12 months after enrollment, with additional long-term follow-up after 24 months. Secondary outcomes included health and quality of life, measured at baseline, 6 months, and 12 months.
resultsDuring 12-month follow-up, 52.8% in the IPS group and 38.9% in the TAU group had attained employment. The difference increased during 24-month follow-up but did not reach statistical significance. Findings on secondary outcomes were generally nonsignificant.
conclusionsThe IPS in Pain trial is the first study to evaluate the effect of IPS for patients with chronic pain conditions. It shows that IPS can be integrated into the daily practice of interdisciplinary pain treatment, with employment rates exceeding 50% in 1 year and a clear trend in favor of the IPS group. Results did not, however, reach significance. Larger randomized controlled trials are needed to draw clear conclusions about effectiveness.
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