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0109/2025 - Self-management of chronic pain in the return to work process: integrative review
Autogestão da dor crônica no processo de retorno ao trabalho: revisão integrativa

Author:

• Rosilene de Oliveira Rosa João - Rosa João, RO - <rosilenejoao@yahoo.com.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-6754-9318

Co-author(s):

• Bruna Vasconcelos dos Santos - Santos, BV - <brunavasconcelos@estudante.ufscar.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3967-9327
• Fernanda Maria de Miranda - Miranda, FM - <fermariademiranda@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2198-2827
• Priscilla Hortense - Hortense, P - <prih@ufscar.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0554-451X
• Vivian Aline Mininel - Mininel, VA - <vivian.aline@ufscar.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9985-5575


Abstract:

Introduction: Chronic pain self-management strategies are alternatives that enable the maintenance or recovery of functional capacity in workers. Objective: to synthesize scientific knowledge about chronic pain self-management strategies in the work context. Method: integrative literature review guided by PRISMA recommendations, published in the MEDLINE, WoS and Scopus databases, in Portuguese and English, from 2017 to 2022, using the descriptors “chronic pain” and “return to work”. Results: of the 14 studies included, ten indicate strategies for self-management of chronic pain, predominantly focused on the individual through multidisciplinary programs, two present the participation of the work supervisor in this process and two describe actions in the workplace as facilitators for returning to work. Conclusion: The work of multiple professionals, the establishment of an individualized therapeutic plan with active participation of the worker, the involvement of the employer and adaptations in the workplace were highlighted as important strategies for returning to work, but still, with a need for greater involvement organizational due to the biopsychosocial characteristic of pain and the high influence of the environment on the effectiveness of self-management.

Keywords:

Occupational Health; Chronic Pain; Self-Management; Return to Work.

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Self-management of chronic pain in the return to work process: integrative review


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Rosa João, RO, Santos, BV, Miranda, FM, Hortense, P, Mininel, VA. Self-management of chronic pain in the return to work process: integrative review. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2025/Apr). [Citado em 28/07/2025]. Está disponível em: http://cienciaesaudecoletiva.com.br/en/articles/selfmanagement-of-chronic-pain-in-the-return-to-work-process-integrative-review/19585?id=19585



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