About the Authors

Ritva Horppu

ritva.horppu@ttl.fi

Affiliation Prevention of Work Disability, Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Helsinki, Finland

Kari-Pekka Martimo

Affiliation Prevention of Work Disability, Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Helsinki, Finland

Eira Viikari-Juntura

Affiliation Prevention of Work Disability, Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Helsinki, Finland

Tea Lallukka

Affiliation Prevention of Work Disability, Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Helsinki, Finland

Ellen MacEachen

Affiliations School of Public Health and Health Systems, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada, Centre for Research on Work Disability Policy, Institute for Work & Health, Toronto, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Wrote the paper: RH KPM EVJ TL EM. Conceived the study: RH KPM EVJ EM. Conducted the interviews and the analysis: RH. Contributed to the interpretation of the findings and the writing of the manuscript: RH KPM EVJ TL EM.