Sickness absence and disability pension patterns before and after ischemic stroke: A Swedish longitudinal cohort study with matched references.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The aim was to determine ischemic stroke patients' sickness absence and disability pension before and after stroke, and compare these to that of matched references.

Patients and methods

All working-aged individuals (aged 18-61) in Sweden with incident ischemic stroke in year 2000, 2005, 2010, or 2015, respectively, and five population-based matched references to each stroke patient. Each cohort was followed 1 year prior stroke and 3 years after. We calculated rates and mean days of sickness absence and disability pension among stroke patients and references and computed trajectories of absence days with predictors of high sickness absence and disability pension.

Results

Number of patients with incident ischemic stroke in 2000 (N = 2728), 2005 (N

SUBMITTER: Roland M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11569591 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature