Employment status 1 year after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in comatose patients treated with therapeutic hypothermia

Surviving out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: The neurological and functional outcome and health-related quality of life one year later

“…In this cohort, three of four survivors had returned to their previous work. The percentage is in concordance with previous reports from USA, Denmark and Australia [18][19]8], and similar to our previous small study [17], but higher than previously reported from Sweden or centers in the USA [16,[20][21]. However, return to work after critical illness does not only depend on patient's recovery, factors such as profession, employer, economic situation, social security network and personal motivation have a major impact.…”

Organ support therapy in the intensive care unit and return to work in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest survivors–A nationwide cohort study

“…This is supported by previous studies showing lower ICU admission rates and increased return to work rates in patients with witnessed arrest and/or bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation. [5,7,10] Thus, our study supports ongoing and future interventions that enhance the early links in the chain of survival including early CPR and defibrillation. However, when adjusting for prehospital variables and arrival-status (comatose or awake), our findings remained unchanged, indicating that need of organ support itself is a predictor of a worse long-term outcome.…”

“…In multivariable Cox regression analysis adjusted for both baseline and prehospital variables patients at arrival (comatose or awake), and in comlete case analyses, results were similar (eFigures [6][7][8][9][10][11][12]. No interaction was found between organ support and calendar year-group or presumed cause of arrest.…”

“…Return to work indicates a favourable prognosis without major functional deficits [5] and previous studies of 30-day survivors after OHCA have shown rates of return to work of up to 76%. [5,10] Therefore, we investigated associations between need of organ support therapy, as a proxy for multiple organ failure, before day 30 after cardiac arrest and return to work in 30-day survivors.…”

Work factors associated with return to work in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest survivors

“…Similar results were observed in a previously published study focusing on employment after therapeutic hypothermia based on 87 OHCA survivors: 65% of them returned to work, a rate similar to our study (62.8%). 16 Interestingly, while OHCA survival increased in the second study period (2007-2013), we observed a lower proportion of patients who returned to work in that period. These results differ from the Kragholm study, which found a more frequent RTW rate in the most recent years (i.e.…”