The Pain-at-Work Toolkit has been created together with people who live with chronic pain, employers, healthcare professionals, and a national pain charity. The aim of the toolkit is to help employees with ongoing pain feel more confident in managing their condition at work, know where to find support, and improve their workplace experience, so they can remain in the workforce. People with lived experience of chronic pain will help guide the project throughout, including reviewing study documents and helping choose what outcomes to measure. The investigators will work with around 30 organisations from different types of workplaces in the UK and invite more than 600 employees who live with pain to take part in the study. Organisation's employees will either receive access to the Pain-at-Work Toolkit and the Pain-at-Work Managers Toolkit ( to help managers support their staff) or the usual care that their organisation offers. Participants will be asked to complete online surveys at three points during the study. Intervention participants may be asked to take part in an interview at the end of the study to find out more about their experiences. The study will examine whether the toolkit improves people's experience of work, including their productivity and ability to remain productive in their jobs. The investigators will also explore whether the toolkit offers good value for money. Finally, the investigators will examine how the toolkit is used in practice-what works well, what might need improving, and how it could be made available to more employees in the future. The investigators will do this by interviewing employers or stakeholders involved in the employment of, support for, or policy development for adults with chronic pain.
Age range
18 Years
Sex
ALL
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Work Ability
Timeframe: To assess change between time 0 (baseline), time 1 (3 months) and time 2 (6 months).