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Trial reportBMC musculoskeletal disorders2022

Can a workplace dialogue impact the perceived influence of neck and/or backpain on everyday activities and performance at work? A secondary analysis from the randomized controlled trial WorkUp.

Iben Axén, Charlotte Post Sennehed, Frida Eek, Kjerstin Stigmar

Registry-linked trialOpen access · goldAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in BMC musculoskeletal disorders, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT02609750 (WorkUp. Early Structured Care Including Workplace Interventions to Improve Work Ability in Patients With Neck and/or Back Pain. A Prospective Pare Wise Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial in Primary Care With One Year Follow up), which is not on this map. Cited by 1 paper, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 37% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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NCT02609750 naactive not recruitingnot on this map

WorkUp. Early Structured Care Including Workplace Interventions to Improve Work Ability in Patients With Neck and/or Back Pain. A Prospective Pare Wise Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial in Primary Care With One Year Follow up

TypeinterventionalSponsorLund UniversityRan2013 to 2025Enrolled364ConditionsBack Pain, Neck PainArmsStructured care & workplace intervention, Treatment as Usual
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Iben AxénUnit of Intervention and Implementation Research for Worker Health, Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Nobels v. 13, S- 171 77, Stockholm, Sweden. Iben.axen@ki.se.
Charlotte Post SennehedDepartment of Clinical Sciences Lund, Orthopedics, Lund University, Remissgatan 4, 22185, Lund, Sweden.
Frida EekDepartment of Health Sciences, Lund University, Margaretavägen 1b, 222 40, Lund, Sweden.
Kjerstin StigmarDepartment of Health Sciences, Lund University, Margaretavägen 1b, 222 40, Lund, Sweden.
Lund University · SEAlstom (Sweden) · SEKarolinska Institutet · SE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundNeck- and back- pain are highly prevalent conditions in Sweden and world-wide. Such pain often has consequences on everyday activities, work- and personal life. One consequence is work absence and decreased productivity at work. Adding a workplace dialogue to structured physiotherapy was recently found to lead to increased workability, i.e., not being on sick leave during the 12

aimThe aim of the study was to explore the effect of a workplace dialogue intervention on secondary outcomes: perceived impact of neck and/or back pain on everyday activities and on performance at work, and total days of sick leave during 12 month follow up. A further aim was to examine associations between perceived influence of pain, and sick leave.

methodPatients with neck and/or back pain in primary care in the south of Sweden were randomized into structured physiotherapy alone (n = 206) or with the addition of a workplace dialogue (n = 146). Data regarding the pain's influence on everyday activities and on performance at work were collected using weekly text messages for 52 weeks. The pattern of change in perceived influence of neck and/or back pain on everyday activities and performance at work was compared between the groups with linear mixed models. Cross sectional correlations between perceived influence of neck and/or back pain on everyday activities and performance at work, and days of sick leave, during the preceding four weeks at months 3, 6, 9 and 12 were examined.

resultWe found no differences in change of perceived influence of neck and/or back pain on daily activities or perceived performance at work, or total days of sick leave during the 12 months of follow up between the groups with structured physiotherapy with or without a workplace dialogue. There was a weak to moderate positive correlation between days of sick leave and perceived influence of neck and/or back pain on everyday activities and performance at work (rho 0.28-0.47).

conclusionA workplace dialogue was not found to affect the perceived impact of neck and/or back pain on everyday activities and performance at work.

trial registrationClinicalTrials.gov ID:  NCT02609750 .

Indexed as

Work PerformanceWorkplaceBack PainCross-Sectional StudiesHumansSick LeaveNeck and back painPrimary careSick leaveWork abilityWorkplace dialogue

Identifiers

PMID36104781
PMCPMC9476597
OpenAlexW4295780016

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