A Coordinated Return to Work Program - Full Text View

Sponsored by:	Vejle Hospital
Information provided by:	Vejle Hospital
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00463216

Purpose

The aim of the study is to investigate the possibility that a diagnostic evaluation by a multidisciplinary team reduces the length of sick leave.

Condition	Intervention
Back Pain	Behavioral: A multidisciplinary diagnostic evaluation

MedlinePlus related topics: Back Pain

U.S. FDA Resources

Study Type:	Interventional
Study Design:	Diagnostic, Randomized, Open Label, Placebo Control, Parallel Assignment
Official Title:	A Coordinated Return to Work Program for Workers on Long-Term Sickness Absence Due to Musculoskeletal Disorders: a Prospective Controlled Intervention Study

Further study details as provided by Vejle Hospital:

Primary Outcome Measures:

Number of hours on sick leave in the 1 year study period

Secondary Outcome Measures:

Sick leave related costs

Estimated Enrollment:	120
Study Start Date:	April 2004
Estimated Study Completion Date:	April 2006

Detailed Description:

Workers on sick leave due to back, neck or shoulder pain are randomized into 2 groups. Individuals in the intervention group are offered an extra multidisciplinary diagnostic evaluation. The multidisciplinary team consists of an occupational physician, a physiotherapist, a chiropractor, a psychologist and a social worker. The result is a coordinated evaluation of the individuals problems with suggestions as to further actions. The focus is on evaluating, if and when the individual can return to work. No treatment is given.

Verbatim exemption from the local medical ethics board:

"February 19, 2004 Journal no. VF 20040030 JK/csf Re: research project: A Coordinated Return to Work Program (KIA) The The Medical Ethics Committee of Vejle and Funen Counties has reviewed this research project at its meeting on February 9, 2004.

The entire committee decided that this project is an HTA (Health Technology Assessment) study and not a biomedical research project.

Therefore the committee decided that the project is not within the committee's legal competence areas, and is exempt from approval by a medical ethics committee before being carried out.

The committee has no further comments to this case. on behalf of the committee Sincerely Erik Laier Jette Krarup

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Odense University Hospital direct telephone: +45 6541 3425 Kløvervaenget 10, 2.sal e-mail: Vejle-fynkomiteen@ouh.fyns-amt.dk 5000 Odense C fax: +45 6619 4392 Denmark"

Eligibility

Ages Eligible for Study:	18 Years to 65 Years
Genders Eligible for Study:	Both
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:	No

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

On sick leave due to back,
Shoulder or neck pain

Exclusion Criteria:

Pregnant,
Other causes of sick leave

Contacts and Locations

Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00463216

Locations

Denmark
Dept Occup Environ Med, Vejle Hospital
Vejle, Denmark, 7100

Sponsors and Collaborators

Vejle Hospital

Investigators

Principal Investigator:

Jorgen Kilsgaard, chiropract

Vejle County, Vejle, Denmark

More Information

Dept Occup Environ Med, Vejle Hospital This link exits the ClinicalTrials.gov site

Study ID Numbers:	F03-05
Study First Received:	April 18, 2007
Last Updated:	April 18, 2007
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00463216
Health Authority:	Denmark: The Regional Committee on Biomedical Research Ethics

Keywords provided by Vejle Hospital:

back, neck, pain, sick leave

Study placed in the following topic categories:

Signs and Symptoms
Musculoskeletal Diseases
Neurologic Manifestations
Pain
Back Pain

Additional relevant MeSH terms:

Nervous System Diseases

ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on January 16, 2009