Return to work after coronary artery bypass surgery in a population of long-term survivors
| dc.contributor.author | Bradshaw, P. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Jamrozik, K. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Gilfillan, I. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Thompson, P. | |
| dc.date.issued | 2005 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Background: Return to paid employment may be facilitated by coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery. We assessed work status in a population-based study of long-term outcomes of CABG. Aim: To determine the association between returning to work after CABG and clinical and socio-demographic factors. Methods: A postal survey of 2500 randomly selected patients 6–20 years post-CABG. The outcomes assessed were work status in the year before and after CABG and health-related quality of life (HRQOL) measured with SF-36. Results: Response was 82% (n = 2061). Employment fell from 56% in the year prior to CABG to 42% in the year after. Workers in ‘blue-collar’ occupations were more likely to reduce their work status than those in ‘white collar’ occupations (46% versus 29%, p < 0.001). Independent predictors of reducing employment were increasing age (9% per year, 99% CI: 1.06–1.11, p < 0.001), ‘blue-collar’ versus ‘white collar’ occupation (OR: 2.1, 99% CI: 1.4–3.1) and female sex (OR: 2.1, 99% CI: 1.1–3.6). HRQOL among participants under 60 years of age at follow-up was better for those who returned to work after CABG surgery. Conclusion: CABG surgery is followed by a net loss to paid employment of working age patients which increases with age, and is more likely for those in blue-collar occupations and women. | |
| dc.description.statementofresponsibility | Pamela J. Bradshaw, Konrad Jamrozik, Ian S. Gilfillan and Peter L. Thompson | |
| dc.description.uri | http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/702903/description#description | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Heart Lung and Circulation, 2005; 14(3):191-196 | |
| dc.identifier.doi | 10.1016/j.hlc.2004.12.022 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1443-9506 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2440/46980 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | Blackwell Publishing Asia | |
| dc.source.uri | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hlc.2004.12.022 | |
| dc.subject | Return to work | |
| dc.subject | CABG | |
| dc.subject | Outcomes | |
| dc.title | Return to work after coronary artery bypass surgery in a population of long-term survivors | |
| dc.type | Journal article | |
| pubs.publication-status | Published |