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dc.contributor.authorOdeen, Magnus
dc.contributor.authorIhlebæk, Camilla
dc.contributor.authorIndahl, Aage
dc.contributor.authorWormgaar, Marjon
dc.contributor.authorLie, Stein Atle
dc.contributor.authorEriksen, Hege Randi
dc.date.accessioned2016-06-07T13:17:30Z
dc.date.available2016-06-07T13:17:30Z
dc.date.issued2013-06
dc.identifier.issn1053-0487
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1956/12077
dc.description.abstractPurpose: To evaluate whether information and reassurance about low back pain (LBP) given to employees at the workplace could reduce sick leave. Methods: A Cluster randomized controlled trial with 135 work units of about 3,500 public sector employees in two Norwegian municipalities, randomized into two intervention groups; Education and peer support (EPS) (n = 45 units), education and ‘‘peer support and access to an outpatient clinic’’ (EPSOC) (n = 48 units), and a control group (n = 42 units). Both interventions consisted of educational meetings based on a ‘‘non-injury model’’ and a ‘‘peer adviser’’ appointed by colleagues. Employees in the EPSOC group had access to an outpatient clinic for medical examination and further education. The control group received no intervention. The main outcome was sick leave based on municipal records. Secondary outcomes were self-reported pain, pain related fear of movement, coping, and beliefs about LBP from survey data of 1,746 employees (response rate about 50 %). Results: EPS reduced sick leave by 7 % and EPSOC reduced sick leave by 4 % during the intervention year, while sick leave in the control group was increased by 7 % during the same period. Overall, Rate Ratios (RR) were statistically significant for EPSOC (RR = .84 (C.I = 0.71–.99) but not EPS (RR = .92 (C.I = 0.78–1.09)) in a mixed Poisson regression analysis. Faulty beliefs about LBP were reduced in both intervention groups. Conclusions: Educational meetings, combined with peer support and access to an outpatient clinic, were effective in reducing sick leave in public sector employees.en_US
dc.language.isoengeng
dc.publisherSpringereng
dc.relation.ispartof<a href="http://hdl.handle.net/1956/12078" target="blank">Coping at Work. The role of knowledge and coping expectancies in health and sick leave</a>
dc.rightsAttribution CC BYeng
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/eng
dc.subjectSick leaveeng
dc.subjectLow back paineng
dc.subjectRandomized controlled trialeng
dc.titleEffect of Peer-Based Low Back Pain Information and Reassurance at the Workplace on Sick Leave: A Cluster Randomized Trialeng
dc.typePeer reviewed
dc.typeJournal article
dc.description.versionpublishedVersion
dc.rights.holderCopyright The Author(s) 2013eng
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1007/s10926-013-9451-z
dc.identifier.cristin1044346
dc.source.journalJournal of occupational rehabilitation
dc.source.4023
dc.source.142
dc.source.pagenumber209-219


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