title: Effectiveness of a cognitive behavioural therapy-based rehabilitation programme (Progressive Goal Attainment Program) for patients who are work-disabled due to back pain: study protocol for a multicentre randomised controlled trial.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Psychologically informed rehabilitation programmes such as the Progressive Goal Attainment Program (PGAP) have the potential to address pain-related disability by targeting known psychological factors that inhibit rehabilitation progress. However, no randomised controlled trials of this intervention exist and it has not been evaluated in the Irish health service context. Our objective was to evaluate the clinical efficacy and cost-effectiveness of the PGAP in a multicentre randomised controlled trial with patients who are work-disabled due to back pain.
  
  
  METHODS
  Adult patients (ages 18 years and older) with nonmalignant back pain who are work-disabled because of chronic pain and not involved in litigation in relation to their pain were invited to take part. Patients were those who show at least one elevated psychosocial risk factor (above the 50th percentile) on pain disability, fear-based activity avoidance, fatigue, depression or pain catastrophizing. Following screening, patients are randomised equally to the intervention or control condition within each of the seven trial locations. Patients allocated to the control condition receive usual medical care only. Patients allocated to the PGAP intervention condition attend a maximum of 10 weekly individual sessions of structured active rehabilitation in addition to usual care. Sessions are delivered by a clinical psychologist and focus on graded activity, goal-setting, pacing activity and cognitive-behavioural therapy techniques to address possible barriers to rehabilitation.The primary analysis will be based on the amount of change on the Roland Morris Disability Questionnaire posttreatment. We will also measure changes in work status, pain intensity, catastrophizing, depression, fear avoidance and fatigue. Outcome measures are collected at baseline, posttreatment and 12-month follow-up. Health-related resource use is also collected pre- and posttreatment and at 12-month follow-up to evaluate cost-effectiveness.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This study will be the first randomized controlled trial of the PGAP in chronic pain patients and will provide important information about the clinical and cost effectiveness of the programme as well as its feasibility in the context of the Irish health service.
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  Current Controlled Trials: ISRCTN61650533.
authors.affiliation: School of Psychology, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland. brian.mcguire@nuigalway.ie.
authors.forename: Miriam N
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Raftery
authors.forename: Andrew W
authors.initials: AW
authors.lastname: Murphy
authors.forename: Eamon
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: O'Shea
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Newell
authors.forename: Brian E
authors.initials: BE
authors.lastname: McGuire
mesh_terms: D000041:Absenteeism; D000328:Adult; D001416:Back Pain / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000191:economics / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D058443:Catastrophization / Q000523:psychology; D059350:Chronic Pain / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000191:economics / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D002985:Clinical Protocols; D015928:Cognitive Behavioral Therapy / Q000191:economics; D017281:Cost of Illness; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D003863:Depression / Q000523:psychology; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D005221:Fatigue / Q000523:psychology; D005239:Fear; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D006040:Goals; D017048:Health Care Costs; D006801:Humans; D007494:Ireland; D010147:Pain Measurement; D012107:Research Design; D062707:Return to Work; D018582:Sick Leave / Q000191:economics; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome
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