A First Randomized Eight-Week Multidisciplinary Telerehabilitation Study for the Post-COVID-19 Condition: Improvements in Health- and Pain-Related Parameters.

This study investigates the effects of multidisciplinary telerehabilitation for the post-COVID-19 condition. : Recruitment was announced during 2021/22 through the COVID patient organisation in Sweden. The key inclusion criteria were persistent symptoms and functional impairments longer than 12 weeks after an acute SARS-CoV-2 infection, a stable health condition, and satisfactory skills to use the Internet.

Real-world evidence evaluation on consumer experience and prescription journey of diclofenac gel in Sweden.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to understand profiles of topical Voltaren gel diclofenac (VGD) 2.32 and 1.16% consumers through analyzing prescription patterns and to characterize treatment satisfaction, functional impairment, and pain relief after over-the-counter (OTC) VGD use in Sweden under real-world conditions.

Improved Functioning and Activity According to the International Classification of Functioning and Disability after Multidisciplinary Telerehabilitation for Post-COVID-19 Condition-A Randomized Control Study.

This study investigates the outcomes and feasibility concerning the functioning and activity of multidisciplinary group telerehabilitation for a post-COVID-19 condition. Recruitment for the group rehabilitation was announced three times during 2021 and 2022 through the COVID-19 patient organization in Sweden. The key inclusion criteria were remaining symptoms and functional impairments beyond 12 weeks after SARS-CoV-2 infection; medical assessment and treatment regarding comorbidities or new postinfection symptoms; the ability to use the Internet.

Pain Burden in Post-COVID-19 Syndrome following Mild COVID-19 Infection.

The global pandemic of SARS-CoV-2 has affected several hundred million people, and many infected people have suffered from a milder initial infection but have never fully recovered. This observational study investigates the pain burden in sufferers of post-COVID-19 syndrome after a milder initial infection. One hundred post-COVID-19 patients filled out questionnaires regarding sociodemographic data, previous comorbidities, present pharmacological treatment, pain intensity and pain localisation.

Self-scored impairments in functioning and disability in post-COVID syndrome following mild COVID-19 infection.

Objectives: To investigate functioning, activity and disability in people with post-COVID syndrome.

Design: Cross-sectional.

Subjects/patients: Participants were recruited online via Facebook and a stakeholders' organization for post-COVID syndrome in Sweden.

The Functional Barometer - An analysis of a self-assessment questionnaire with ICF-coding regarding functional/activity limitations and quality of life due to pain - Differences in age gender and origin of pain.

Unlabelled: Long standing non-malignant pain leads to a variety of limitations which can be assessed by means of the self-assessment questionnaire Functional Barometer. It is designed to assess the extent and limitations in function, activity and decreased quality-of-life and is adapted to the International Classification of Functioning and Health.

Aim: To investigate the outcome and differences in age, gender and origin of pain in patients with long-standing non-malignant pain regarding the subjective experience of functional-, activity- and quality-of-life limitations.

The functional barometer -a self-report questionnaire in accordance with the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health for pain related problems; validity and patient-observer comparisons.

Background: The International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health, (ICF) provides a unified, international standardized framework for describing and classifying health and health-related functioning and disability. Based on an ICF core sets the Functional Barometer, (FB), was developed for assessments of perceived pain-related problems with functions, activity and quality-of-life by patients suffering from long-term pain. The aim was to evaluate the construct validity, and to compare the assessments of a patient's problems from the perspectives of the patient and of the examining professional when using the validated FB and corresponding ICF-classification form, respectively.

Beneficial long-term effects of multiprofessional assessment vs. rehabilitation program in patients with musculoskeletal pain.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to evaluate the differences in outcomes of long-term multiprofessional intervention in patients suffering from musculoskeletal pain.

Methods: Eighty-eight patients with persistent musculoskeletal pain who either experienced multiprofessional rehabilitation (44) or underwent a mutiprofessional assessment of their ability to work (44) were followed up after either 5 or 10 years. Data on pain intensity, health perception and physical function collected in either 1998 or 2003, were compared with data taken from patients in 2008.

A cost-utility study of the use of pregabalin added to usual care in refractory neuropathic pain patients in a Swedish setting.

Objectives: Patients refractory to older therapies for neuropathic pain (NeP) have few remaining therapeutic options. This study evaluates the cost-utility of pregabalin in the treatment of patients with refractory neuropathic pain in Sweden, from a healthcare and a societal perspective.

Study Limitations: The use of non-randomized (observational) data to determine the effectiveness of treatments for NeP.

Effect on work ability after team evaluation of functioning regarding pain, self-rated disability, and work ability assessment.

To evaluate the effect of a 1-2 week multiprofessional team assessment, without a real rehabilitation effort, 60 patients suffering from long-standing pain and on long-lasting time on sick leave were studied. A questionnaire concerning their daily activities, quality of life, pain intensity, sick-leave level, and their work state was filled out by all patients before starting the assessment and at a 1-year follow-up. The results from the assessment period and the multiprofessional team decision of the patient's working ability were compared with the actual working rate after 1 year.

Evaluation of a multiprofessional rehabilitation programme for persistent musculoskeletal-related pain: economic benefits of return to work.

Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the economic consequences of an 8-week multiprofessional rehabilitation programme for patients with persistent pain.

Subjects: A group of 67 patients following the programme and a comparison group of 322 patients.

Methods: The effect on return to work was estimated using 3 different methods: (i) a matched sample approach; (ii) regression analysis; and (iii) propensity score matching.

A 6-year follow-up study of 122 patients attending a multiprofessional rehabilitation programme for persistent musculoskeletal-related pain.

The aim of the study was to evaluate the outcome 6 years after completing a multiprofessional 8-week rehabilitation programme regarding the following objectives: (1) return to work, (2) level of activity and (3) pain intensity. Of 149 patients attending a rehabilitation programme, 122 were followed up after 6 years, through a structured telephone interview, and their present work situation, level of activity, sleeping habits, their estimated pain intensity and consumption of analgesics were recorded. The questions presented were the same as they had answered before entering the programme.

Ethnic background does not influence outcome for return-to-work in work-related interdisciplinary rehabilitation for long-term pain: 1- and 3-year follow-up.

Background: It is often suggested that immigrants with long-term pain do not benefit from rehabilitation to the same extent as native Swedish patients. In this study, an 8-week rehabilitation programme was evaluated according to its adaptation for immigrants.

Objectives: To establish whether there is a difference between immigrants and native Swedes concerning: (i) return-to-work, the patients' own estimation and their actual ability; (ii) higher level of activity; (iii) reduction in pain and analgesic use.

Can the back-to-work rate of patients with long-term non-malignant pain be predicted?

The objective of this study was to evaluate the outcome of a structured multidisciplinary rehabilitation programme regarding the return-to-work rate. Sixty-seven patients were enrolled in an 8-week, structured rehabilitation programme. The prediction of the return-to-work rate was evaluated before entering the programme.