@article{c714203d594c443ea677a370fb4de373,
title = "Pain, work, and the workplace: A topical review",
author = "Elaine Wainwright and Steven Bevan and Blyth, {Fiona M.} and Saman Khalatbari-Soltani and Sullivan, {Michael J.L.} and Karen Walker-Bone and Christopher Eccleston",
note = "Funding Information: The authors acknowledge support for Dr Saman Khalatbari-Soltani from the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Population Aging Research (Project number CE170100005). The funders had no role in the decision to publish or preparation of the article. Funding Information: Many different interventions have been tried to improve work outcomes among people with painful musculoskeletal disorders. Generally, cheaper and easier interventions are indicated: There is little evidence of improved cost-effectiveness with more expensive strategies. Two models with a clear role are personalised case management and Individual Placement and Support. Case management by an occupational health practitioner reduces sickness absence and improves workability by enabling constructive dialogue between employee, healthcare practitioners, and employer. Individual Placement and Support is a model of vocational rehabilitation which has a very strong evidence base for improving return-to-work rates for people with severe psychiatric conditions. Based on a “place then train” model, prioritising a supported work placement, unemployment rates among people with psychiatric illness reduced 90% to 60%. There is growing interest in using the same approach for people with other log-term conditions, notably chronic pain. Large UK pilots have been recently funded by the Department for Work and Pensions and Public Health England, and their evaluation is due for publication soon. Musculoskeletal pain is ubiquitous in the workplace. Whatever the cause, pain increases the psychological and physical burdens of work. Working with pain will be more challenging than working without pain. ",
year = "2022",
month = mar,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1097/j.pain.0000000000002413",
language = "English",
volume = "163",
pages = "408--414",
journal = "Pain",
issn = "0304-3959",
publisher = "Lippincott Williams & Wilkins",
number = "3",
}