TY - JOUR
T1 - Return to work after an acute coronary syndrome: patients' perspective
AU - Slebus, Frans G.
AU - Jorstad, Harald T.
AU - Peters, Ron J. G.
AU - Kuijer, P. Paul F. M.
AU - Willems, J. Han H. B. M.
AU - Sluiter, Judith K.
AU - Frings-Dresen, Monique H. W.
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - 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). Retrospective semi-structured telephone survey 2 to 3 years after hospitalization with 84 employed Dutch ACS-patients from one academic medical hospital. 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. 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
AB - 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). Retrospective semi-structured telephone survey 2 to 3 years after hospitalization with 84 employed Dutch ACS-patients from one academic medical hospital. 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. 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
U2 - https://doi.org/10.5491/SHAW.2012.3.2.117
DO - https://doi.org/10.5491/SHAW.2012.3.2.117
M3 - Article
C2 - 22993716
SN - 2093-7911
VL - 3
SP - 117
EP - 122
JO - Safety and Health at Work
JF - Safety and Health at Work
IS - 2
ER -