Income and education as predictors of return to working life among younger stroke patients

Trygged, Sven; Ahacic, Kozma; Kåreholt, Ingemar

doi:10.1186/1471-2458-11-742

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“…Our results were in accordance with previous findings from Denmark (29), but were lower than findings in other Scandinavian studies (6,7). This could partly be explained by the way of measuring and defining RTW.…”

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confidence: 44%

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Self-rated health and return to work after first-time stroke

Larsen¹,

Biering²,

Johnsen³

et al. 2016

J Rehabil Med

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Objective: Self-rated health is an essential aspect of life after stroke, and return to work is considered one of the most important outcomes for younger stroke patients. The aim of this study was to examine whether self-rated health 3 months after stroke, clinical and demographic determinants are independently associated with return to work and subsequent work-stability. Material and methods: A total of 590 patients with firsttime stroke were included from a Danish population-based cohort study. All patients were younger than 60 years and working or unemployed at the time of stroke. Information on self-rated health (Short Form 12; SF-12) was collected from questionnaires 3 months after stroke. Employment status was defined on a weekly basis using national registerdata on transfer payments. Results: Fifty percent were self-supporting or job-seeking 12 months after stroke, and the same proportion was found after 24 months. More than 70% of the patients who returned to work did not receive sickness benefits in the 12 months following return to work. Good self-rated health 3 months after stroke and minor stroke severity were strongly associated with return to work after 12 and 24 months. Conclusion: Self-rated health 3 months after stroke was strongly associated with return to work and work-stability after stroke.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 44%

“…Among stroke patients of working age, RTW has been identified as one of the most important outcomes in terms of social functioning, wellbeing and life satisfaction for the patients (3,4). In addition, being employed facilitates independent living for the patients and decreases the financial burden on society (5,6).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Self-rated health and return to work after first-time stroke

Larsen¹,

Biering²,

Johnsen³

et al. 2016

J Rehabil Med

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“…[3][4][5]34 To explore the role of bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation, we excluded emergency medical service-witnessed arrest cases from our model. No significant collinearity was found and no further selection was performed.…”

Section: Statistical Analysesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Return to Work in Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Survivors

et al. 2015

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Background— Data on long-term function of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest survivors are sparse. We examined return to work as a proxy of preserved function without major neurologic deficits in survivors. Methods and Results— In Denmark, out-of-hospital cardiac arrests have been systematically reported to the Danish Cardiac Arrest Register since 2001. During 2001–2011, we identified 4354 patients employed before arrest among 12 332 working-age patients (18–65 years), of whom 796 survived to day 30. Among 796 survivors (median age, 53 years [quartile 1–3, 46–59 years]; 81.5% men), 610 (76.6%) returned to work in a median time of 4 months [quartile 1–3, 1–19 months], with a median time of 3 years spent back at work. A total of 74.6% (N=455) remained employed without using sick leave during the first 6 months after returning to work. This latter proportion of survivors returning to work increased over time (66.1% in 2001–2005 versus 78.1% in 2006–2011; P =0.002). In multivariable Cox regression analysis, factors associated with return to work with ≥6 months of sustainable employment were as follows: (1) arrest during 2006–2011 versus 2001–2005, hazard ratio (HR), 1.38 (95% CI, 1.05–1.82); (2) male sex, HR, 1.48 (95% CI, 1.06–2.07); (3) age of 18 to 49 versus 50 to 65 years, HR, 1.32 (95% CI, 1.02–1.68); (4) bystander-witnessed arrest, HR, 1.79 (95% CI, 1.17–2.76); and (5) bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation, HR, 1.38 (95% CI, 1.02–1.87). Conclusions— Of 30-day survivors employed before arrest, 76.6% returned to work. The percentage of survivors returning to work increased significantly, along with improved survival during 2001–2011, suggesting an increase in the proportion of survivors with preserved function over time.

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“…Age, educational level, higher income and type of occupation were found to have an influence on RTW in other stu dies (Rollnik and Allman 2011;Trygged et al, 2011;Grammenos 2003;Vestling et al 2003), but did not have an influ ence on RTW in this study. This might be due to the workplace intervention received by 49% of the stroke survivors as the studies referred to were mainly observational with no intervention to facilitate the RTW.…”

Section: Limitationsmentioning

confidence: 59%