INTEVAL, an example of effective intervention for musculoskeletal pain in the workplace

Abstract

The World Health Organization considers the workplace as one of the best contexts for the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases. Implementing combined and de-medicalised interventions in Occupational Health Services (OHS) in a sustainable way over time can facilitate access to early detection, and management of musculoskeletal pain at work and improve workers' health. However, developing and implementing such interventions is challenging. Therefore, it is necessary to share previous interventions that describe both implementation and evaluation, in order to be used as practical examples that can inspire different OHS to implement sustainable interventions…