TY - JOUR
T1 - Characteristics of disability pensioners returning to work
T2 - an interview study among individuals with musculoskeletal disorders
AU - Edén, Lena
AU - Andersson, H. Ingemar
AU - Ejlertsson, Göran
AU - Ekström, Britt Inger
AU - Johansson, Yvonne
AU - Leden, Ido
PY - 2007
Y1 - 2007
N2 - Purpose. To explore adaptation patterns among disability pensioners with musculoskeletal disorders returning to work by means of the Swedish law on 'resting disability pension'. Method. Qualitative analyses of interviews with 17 individuals going back to work. Results. Three adaptation patterns were identified: The Go- getter, the Realist and the Indifferent. These differed regarding influence factors, own expectations, motive, morals and mentality. Conclusion. Several actors may support a return to work for individuals who received a disability pension due to musculoskeletal disorders. In order to succeed, however, it is essential that the disability pensioner is motivated for a reconstruction of his/ her life.
AB - Purpose. To explore adaptation patterns among disability pensioners with musculoskeletal disorders returning to work by means of the Swedish law on 'resting disability pension'. Method. Qualitative analyses of interviews with 17 individuals going back to work. Results. Three adaptation patterns were identified: The Go- getter, the Realist and the Indifferent. These differed regarding influence factors, own expectations, motive, morals and mentality. Conclusion. Several actors may support a return to work for individuals who received a disability pension due to musculoskeletal disorders. In order to succeed, however, it is essential that the disability pensioner is motivated for a reconstruction of his/ her life.
KW - Return to work
KW - disability pension
KW - musculoskeletal disorders
U2 - 10.1080/09638280601107484
DO - 10.1080/09638280601107484
M3 - Article
SN - 0963-8288
VL - 29
SP - 1720
EP - 1726
JO - Disability and Rehabilitation
JF - Disability and Rehabilitation
IS - 22
ER -