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Return to Work after an Acute Coronary Syndrome: Patients' Perspective
Safety and Health at Work ; : 117-122, 2012.
Artigo em Inglês | WPRIM | ID: wpr-8704
ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVES:

To describe the time perspective of return to work and the factors that facilitate and hinder return to work in a group of survivors of acute coronary syndrome (ACS).

METHODS:

Retrospective semi-structured telephone survey 2 to 3 years after hospitalization with 84 employed Dutch ACS-patients from one academic medical hospital.

RESULTS:

Fifty-eight percent of patients returned to work within 3 months, whereas at least 88% returned to work once within 2 years. Two years after hospitalization, 12% of ACS patients had not returned to work at all, and 24% were working, but not at pre-ACS levels. For all ACS-patients, the most mentioned categories of facilitating factors to return to work were having no complaints and not having signs or symptoms of heart disease. Physical incapacity, co-morbidity, and mental incapacity were the top 3 categories of hindering factors against returning to work.

CONCLUSION:

Within 2 years, 36% of the patients had not returned to work at their pre-ACS levels. Disease factors, functional capacity, environmental factors, and personal factors were listed as affecting subjects' work ability level.
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Texto completo: DisponíveL Índice: WPRIM (Pacífico Ocidental) Assunto principal: Telefone / Estudos Retrospectivos / Sobreviventes / Síndrome Coronariana Aguda / Retorno ao Trabalho / Cardiopatias / Hospitalização Tipo de estudo: Estudo observacional / Pesquisa qualitativa Limite: Humanos Idioma: Inglês Revista: Safety and Health at Work Ano de publicação: 2012 Tipo de documento: Artigo

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Texto completo: DisponíveL Índice: WPRIM (Pacífico Ocidental) Assunto principal: Telefone / Estudos Retrospectivos / Sobreviventes / Síndrome Coronariana Aguda / Retorno ao Trabalho / Cardiopatias / Hospitalização Tipo de estudo: Estudo observacional / Pesquisa qualitativa Limite: Humanos Idioma: Inglês Revista: Safety and Health at Work Ano de publicação: 2012 Tipo de documento: Artigo