Return to Work After Acute Myocardial Infarction: Comparison Between Young Women and Men.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Return to work after acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is an important outcome and is particularly relevant to young patients. Women may be at a greater risk for not returning to work given evidence of their worse recovery after AMI than similarly aged men. However, sex differences in return to work after AMI has not been studied extensively in a young population (≤ 55 years).

Methods and results

We analyzed data from 1680 patients with AMI aged 18 to 55 years (57% women) participating in the Variation in Recovery: Role of Gender on Outcomes of Young AMI Patients (VIRGO) study who were working full time (≥ 35 hours) before the event. Data were obtained by medical record abstraction and patient interviews. We conducted multivariable regression analyses to examine s

SUBMITTER: Dreyer RP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4771977 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature