Characteristics of disability pensioners returning to work : An interview study among individuals with musculoskeletal disorders

Summary, in Swedish

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.

• Författare: Yvonne Johansson; Lena Edén; Ingemar H Andersson; Göran Ejlertsson; Britt-Inger Ekström; Ido Leden
• Publiceringsår: 2007
• Språk: Engelska
• Sidor: 1720-1726
• Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie: Disability and Rehabilitation
• Volym: 29
• Issue: 22
• Länkar: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09638280601107484
• Dokumenttyp: Artikel i tidskrift
• Förlag: Taylor & Francis
• Ämne: Social Work
• Nyckelord: Return to work, disability pension, musculoskeletal disorders
• Status: Published
• ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt: ISSN: 0963-8288