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Characteristics of disability pensioners returning to work: an interview study among individuals with musculoskeletal
Lena Edén1, H Ingemar Andersson, Göran Ejlertsson
1Department of Health Sciences, Kristianstad University, Kristianstad, Sweden.
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.
