Return to Work After Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery in a Population of Long-Term Survivors

Bradshaw, Pamela J.; Jamrozik, Konrad; Gilfillan, Ian; Thompson, Peter L.

doi:10.1016/j.hlc.2004.12.022

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“…a patient's perception of his/her ability to RTW and shorter hospital stay duration, were considered as early RTW predictors. These factors have been also identified as RTW predictors in previous studies [2,12,17,26,30]. In addition to the above mentioned factors, there are some other factors, identified as early RTW predictors in this study.…”

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“…Younger age has been introduced as a predictor of RTW in several studies [12,17,[24][25][26][27][28][29]. However, in this study, despite a significant association between the younger age (especially under 60) and early return to work, in the univariate analysis, the association of age was not statistically significant in the suggested model of logistic regression analysis.…”

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“…Several predictors for return to work after the surgery have been presented, including: age, self-perceived vocational disability, a physician's perception of a patient's disability, expectations regarding work, duration of the preoperative absence from work, functional class, a patient's perception of working capacity 6 months after CABG, education, job satisfaction, gender (female or male), physical pattern of work, severity of heart failure, white-collar or blue-collar occupation, preoperative employment, non-cardiovascular illnesses, duration of symptoms, participation in a cardiac rehabilitation program (CRP), immigration status, academic profession, etc. [2,8,12,17,19,[24][25][26][27][28][29][30]. However, further and more robust evidence is still required to demonstrate work ability prognostic factors for these patients.…”

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Predictors of early return to work after a coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG)

Mehrdad¹,

Asli²,

Pouryaghoub³

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Int J Occup Med Environ Health

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International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental CABG). Material and Methods:Two hundred twenty-six working patients who volunteered and underwent a primary coronary artery bypass surgery between September 2013 and May 2014 were selected for the study and followed up for 6 months. Predictors of early return to work (RTW) (within 2 months) were analyzed from variables in a prospectively collected database and the 36-Item Short Form Health Survey (SF-36) questionnaire carried out in the hospital and rehabilitation center as well as from the follow-up performed via the phone. Results: One hundred and two (45.1%) and 155 (68.9%) patients returned to work within 2 and 3 months after the surgery, respectively. Furthermore, 196 patients (87.1%) returned to work within 6 months after the surgery. In the univariate analysis, demographic or socioeconomic factors (such as age, level of education, income), occupational factors (such as occupation type, working hours per week, duration of the preoperative absence from work), psychological factors (such as a patient's concern about adverse health effects of RTW, feeling depressed, a patient's attitude towards his/her ability to RTW and a patient's perception of his/her job stress level) and medical factors (such as serum troponin T and creatine kinase MB (CKMB) level, pump time in surgery, co-surgery and dyslipidemia history) had a statistically significant correlation with early return to work. The patients who early returned to work had significantly higher scores in 3 domains on the SF-36 questionnaire (used for assessing the patients' quality of life), compared to those who did not return to work early (including physical functioning, role limitations due to physical health and pain). Conclusions:In the present study we identified 4 new medical factors that could be used as predictors of early return to work after CABG. These factors are: normal serum troponin T level, shorter pump time in surgery, normal mean arterial pressure (MAP) before the surgery and higher serum magnesium (Mg) levels. Int J Occup Med Environ Health 2016;29(6):947-957

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Predictors of early return to work after a coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG)

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“…Studies have found that people with left ventricular dysfunction and low job satisfaction are less likely to return to work in particular (6,7). A study conducted in 1990 in the United States found that older people with coronary heart disease who are mentally weak and physically incompetent, black, insufficiently educated, have suffered from congestive heart failure and extracardiac vascular disease, and belong to a low occupational class are more likely to leave the labor force (8).…”

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Changes in Employment Status after Myocardial Infarction among Men

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“…It has been reported that men are more focused on returning to work after a medical problem than women. 51 …”

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Gender Analysis in the Outcomes of a Lifestyle Intervention Among Patients Who Had an Open Heart Surgery

Kadda

Manginas²,

Stavridis

et al. 2015

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The aim of this study was to evaluate the gender-oriented differences in the outcomes of a lifestyle intervention trial (diet, smoking cessation, and exercise) among patients who had open heart surgery. A randomized, nonblind intervention study was performed on 500 patients who had open heart surgery. Immediately after hospital discharge, 250 patients were randomly allocated lifestyle intervention by receiving oral and written information in the form of a booklet with specific educational information for postoperative rehabilitation. The remaining 250 patients received the regular oral instructions. The applied lifestyle intervention proved to be beneficial only in men as far as quitting smoking (relative risk [RR]: 0.36, confidence interval [CI]: 0.16-0.80; P ¼ .01) and returning to work (RR: 0.35, CI: 0.13-0.92; P ¼ .03) are concerned. For both genders, no significant associations between dietary and physical activity recommendations were observed. Conclusion: Lifestyle nursing intervention immediately after open heart surgery had a beneficial effect on men 1 year after the surgery but not on women. Thus, there is a need for gender-specific studies among women.

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Return to Work After Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery in a Population of Long-Term Survivors

Cited by 39 publications

References 23 publications

Predictors of early return to work after a coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG)

Predictors of early return to work after a coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG)

Changes in Employment Status after Myocardial Infarction among Men

Gender Analysis in the Outcomes of a Lifestyle Intervention Among Patients Who Had an Open Heart Surgery

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