SmaRTWork - a Decision Support System to Promote Return to Work Among People Sick-listed With Musculoskeletal Disorders

Exclusion Criteria

• •Do not have a smartphone with internet access (i.e., to be able to download and access the SmaRTWork app).
• •Pregnant
• •No employer (unemployed or self-employed)
• •Poor Norwegian comprehension
• •Sick listed for more than 3 months the last year
• •Have a planned date for RTW during the next week
• •Have previously participated in the study or currently participating in other studies
• •Unable to take part in exercise/physical activity (e.g., use of walking aids, unable to get up and down on the floor independently)
• •Leg pain worse than back pain
• •Red flags that could indicate serious underlying pathology:
• •* Changes in bladder or bowel function
• •* General feeling of being unwell (malaise), fever and/or unexplained weight loss
• •* Reduced muscle (motor) function, sensory loss, walking problems or balance problems
• •* Neck or back pain that started after the age of 55 or feel different from previous pain episodes
• •* Pain that does not improve with rest or light activity or pain that is much worse during the night
• •* Previous or ongoing cancer
• •* Use of steroids/immune suppressing medications or drug use
• •* Pain that is trauma (injury) related
• •Serious ongoing somatic (e.g., unstable heart disease) or mental disorder (e.g., psychosis, ongoing manic episode, suicidal ideation) that prevents participation
• •Pain has not been assessed by a physician