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ABSTRACT: Background
Socioeconomic status (SES) is a well-established determinant of cardiovascular health. However, the relationship between SES and clinical outcomes in long-term out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) is less well-understood. The Singapore Housing Index (SHI) is a validated building-level SES indicator. We investigated whether SES as measured by SHI is associated with long-term OHCA survival in Singapore.Methods
We conducted an open cohort study with linked data from the Singapore Pan-Asian Resuscitation Outcomes Study (PAROS), and the Singapore Registry of Births and Deaths (SRBD) from 2010 to 2020. We fitted generalized structural equation models, calculating hazard ratios (HRs) using a Weibull model. We constructed Kaplan-Meier survival curves and calculated the predicted marginal probability for each SHI category.Results
We included 659 cases. In both univariable and multivariable analyses, SHI did not have a significant association with survival. Indirect pathways of SHI mediated through covariates such as Emergency Medical Services (EMS) response time (HR of low-medium, high-medium and high SHI when compared to low SHI: 0.98 (0.88-1.10), 1.01 (0.93-1.11), 1.02 (0.93-1.12) respectively), and age of arrest (HR of low-medium, high-medium and high SHI when compared to low SHI: 1.02 (0.75-1.38), 1.08 (0.84-1.38), 1.18 (0.91-1.54) respectively) had no significant association with OHCA survival. There was no clear trend in the predicted marginal probability of survival among the different SHI categories.Conclusions
We did not find a significant association between SES and OHCA survival outcomes in residential areas in Singapore. Among other reasons, this could be due to affordable healthcare across different socioeconomic classes.
SUBMITTER: Lee DYX
PROVIDER: S-EPMC10960127 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Lee Dawn Yi Xin DYX Yau Chun En CE Pek Maeve Pin Pin MPP Xu Hanzhang H Lim Daniel Yan Zheng DYZ Earnest Arul A Ong Marcus Eng Hock MEH Ho Andrew Fu Wah AFW
Resuscitation plus 20240320
<h4>Background</h4>Socioeconomic status (SES) is a well-established determinant of cardiovascular health. However, the relationship between SES and clinical outcomes in long-term out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) is less well-understood. The Singapore Housing Index (SHI) is a validated building-level SES indicator. We investigated whether SES as measured by SHI is associated with long-term OHCA survival in Singapore.<h4>Methods</h4>We conducted an open cohort study with linked data from the ...[more]