title: Characteristics of disability pensioners returning to work: an interview study among individuals with musculoskeletal disorders.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To explore adaptation patterns among disability pensioners with musculoskeletal disorders returning to work by means of the Swedish law on 'resting disability pension'.
  
  
  METHODS
  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.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Sciences, Kristianstad University, Kristianstad, Sweden.
authors.forename: Lena
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Edén
authors.forename: H Ingemar
authors.initials: HI
authors.lastname: Andersson
authors.forename: Göran
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ejlertsson
authors.forename: Britt Inger
authors.initials: BI
authors.lastname: Ekström
authors.forename: Yvonne
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Johansson
authors.forename: Ido
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Leden
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D006233:Persons with Disabilities / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009042:Motivation; D009140:Musculoskeletal Diseases / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D020127:Recovery of Function; D012050:Rehabilitation, Vocational / Q000523:psychology*; D018582:Sick Leave; D014937:Work / Q000523:psychology*; D014938:Work Capacity Evaluation