Retention in Physically Demanding Jobs With Low Back Pain: A Randomised Controlled Trial (GoBack)

NCT ID: NCT02015572

Last Updated: 2017-02-13

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

302 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2016-01-31

Study Completion Date

2018-12-31

Brief Summary

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Low back pain (LBP) is a recognized public health problem with high life time prevalence. Medical treatment may reduce the physical and mental discomfort, while it has not been able to improve the possibilities for retaining or return patients with LBP to work.

This is an occupational intervention study for patients with LBP and physically demanding work, who are at risk of drop out of labour; a randomized controlled trial designed to test the effectiveness of an early intervention for retaining subjects with LBP attached to the labour marked. A work place modification intervention combined with moderate physical activity is given in the intervention group additional to LBP treatments according to best practice recommendations for general practice.

The study population consists of patients in self-reported physically demanding, who are sick listed or at risk of sick leave due to LBP. Outcome will continually be collected during the intervention as well as 6 and additionally at 12 months follow up.

The primary aim is to evaluate if an occupational intervention with focus on early workplace orientated counselling and work place intervention can retain subjects with physically demanding work and LBP in gainful employment to prevent/reduce the sick leave due to LBP.

The secondary aims are to identify prognostic factors of an occupational intervention using the baseline and follow-up participant-rated outcomes: pain, physically function, generic health status, fear avoidance behaviours, job satisfaction, work-ability, satisfaction with intervention, clinical examination and MRI findings. Among these variables, we also aim to identify subjects, who will benefit from such an occupational intervention, and the subjects, who already have a good prognosis and therefore have no need for a larger scale intervention.

Detailed Description

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Eligible participants are: 1) 18-65 years of age; 2) current episode of 2-4 weeks of LBP; 3) self-reported physically demanding work; 4) express concerns about the ability to maintain their current job.

The exclusion criteria are: 1) pregnancy; 2) server somatic or psychiatric diseases; 3) cancer or metastatic disease

Conditions

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Low Back Pain

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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Occupational intervention

Early coordinated occupational intervention. Supervision in physically activities by a physiotherapist.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Occupational intervention

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Early coordinated occupational intervention and supervision in physically activities by a physiotherapist.

Usual care

Intervention from the patient's general physician.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Usual care

Intervention Type OTHER

Intervention from physiotherapist, chiropractor, rheumatologist coordinated by the patient's general physician

Interventions

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Occupational intervention

Early coordinated occupational intervention and supervision in physically activities by a physiotherapist.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Usual care

Intervention from physiotherapist, chiropractor, rheumatologist coordinated by the patient's general physician

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Working age adults 18-65
* Low back pain (current episode of 2-4 weeks)
* Self-reported physically demanding work
* Sick-listed or at risk
* Speak, read and understand Danish
* Accept workplace visit by the occupational physicians
* Be in gainful employment for at last 30 hours/week

Exclusion Criteria

* Severe somatic or psychiatric comorbidity
* Pregnancy
* Cancer or metastatic disease
* LBP treatment or referral to outside providers (e.g. back-surgery)
* Contraindications for having a MRI.
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

65 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Bispebjerg Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Frederiksberg University Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Bjarke Brandt Hansen

MD

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Ann Kryger, MD, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University Hospital Frederiksberg and Bispebjerg

Locations

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The Parker Institute, Department of Rheumatology, Copenhagen University Hospital, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital

Copenhagen, Frederiksberg, Denmark

Site Status

Countries

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Denmark

References

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Jensen C, Jensen OK, Nielsen CV. Sustainability of return to work in sick-listed employees with low-back pain. Two-year follow-up in a randomized clinical trial comparing multidisciplinary and brief intervention. BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2012 Aug 25;13:156. doi: 10.1186/1471-2474-13-156.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 22920158 (View on PubMed)

Rosenberg NR, Petersen SB, Begtrup LM, Flachs EM, Petersen JA, Hansen BB, Kirkeskov L, Bliddal H, Christensen R, Kristensen LE, Fournier GL, Kryger AI. Early Occupational Intervention for People with Low Back Pain in Physically Demanding Jobs: 1-year Follow-up Results of the Randomized Controlled GOBACK Trial. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2021 Mar 15;46(6):347-355. doi: 10.1097/BRS.0000000000003793.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 33181779 (View on PubMed)

Hansen BB, Kirkeskov L, Begtrup LM, Boesen M, Bliddal H, Christensen R, Andreasen DL, Kristensen LE, Flachs EM, Kryger AI. Early occupational intervention for people with low back pain in physically demanding jobs: A randomized clinical trial. PLoS Med. 2019 Aug 16;16(8):e1002898. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1002898. eCollection 2019 Aug.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 31419219 (View on PubMed)

Petersen J, Kirkeskov L, Hansen BB, Begtrup LM, Flachs EM, Boesen M, Hansen P, Bliddal H, Kryger AI. Physical demand at work and sick leave due to low back pain: a cross-sectional study. BMJ Open. 2019 May 22;9(5):e026917. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-026917.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 31122982 (View on PubMed)

Hansen BB, Kirkeskov L, Christensen R, Begtrup LM, Pedersen EB, Teilya JF, Boesen M, Fournier GL, Bliddal H, Kryger AI. Retention in physically demanding jobs of individuals with low back pain: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial. Trials. 2015 Apr 16;16:166. doi: 10.1186/s13063-015-0684-3.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 25887302 (View on PubMed)

Related Links

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http://www.bispebjerghospital.dk/menu/Afdelinger/Kliniske+afdelinger/Arbejds+og+Miljoemedicinsk+Afdeling/?siu=true

Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Copenhagen University, Hospital Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg

http://www.parkerinst.dk/

The Parker Institute, Department of Rheumatology, Copenhagen University Hospital, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital

Other Identifiers

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GoBack-001

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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