My back: co-designing municipal rehabilitation with and for individuals with long-lasting back problems: study protocol

Through a local co-design process involving individuals with back problems, municipal professionals, and leaders, we expect strong relevance and engagement, ensuring successful implementation. The new practices aim to better support people with back problems to manage everyday life through improved rehabilitation and interdisciplinary collaboration among municipal social and health professionals. A platform model for monitoring local rehabilitation will be introduced to evaluate workability and economic implications within the target population. The knowledge and results from this study can be disseminated and adapted to public contexts throughout Denmark and potentially other countries with similar municipal healthcare structures. Sharing best practices and lessons learned from the implementation process can inform rehabilitation practices in different international settings.