Introduction
Pain, pain-disability, pain, chronic pain, pain disability, disability
CHRONIC PAIN, SECONDARY
Pain and stress-related ill-health are among the largest contributors to long-term sick leave [About 19–37% of adults suffer from chronic pain [This study builds on an earlier project, [Psychosocial factors play a key role in maintaining pain disability [Prevention of pain and stress-related ill-health, disability and sick leave has clear health and economic benefits for both individual workers and their employers. The earlier mentioned study [The aim of this study was to compare the effects of two brief interventions in hybrid (live or web) format for employees with self-reported symptoms of pain and stress-related ill-health on sick leave and secondary health outcomes among employees, on the individual level. The psychosocial program, Effective Communication within the Organization (ECO), in which supervisors and their employees were trained in communication skills and problem solving, was compared to psychoeducational (PE) lectures. The primary outcome was amount of sick leave during 6-months follow-up (register data), the secondary health outcomes included self-reported work ability, work limitations, pain-disability risk, exhaustion symptoms, perceived stress, perceived health and quality of life, and perceived communication and support from supervisor (validation, invalidation, social support).