Factors Determining Not Returning to Full-Time Work 12 Months After Mild Ischemic Stroke.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate prevalence and factors determining not returning to full-time work 1 year after first-ever mild ischemic stroke.

Design

Prospective, observational cohort study with 12-month follow-up.

Setting

Stroke units and outpatient clinics at 2 Norwegian hospitals.

Participants

We included 84 (N=84) full-time working, cognitively healthy patients aged 70 years or younger who suffered an acute first-ever mild ischemic stroke, defined as National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) score ≤3 points.

Interventions

Not applicable.

Main outcome measures

Vascular risk factors, sociodemographic factors, stroke localization, and etiology were recorded at inclusion. Cognitive impairment, anxiety, depression, fatigue, and apathy 12 months af

SUBMITTER: Vlachos G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10036226 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature