Well-being among survivors of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: a cross-sectional retrospective study in Sweden.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The psychological outcome of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) has been studied more extensively in recent years. Still, not much is known about the well-being among OHCA survivors. In this retrospective cross-sectional study, we aim to investigate post-OHCA well-being among patients with a good neurological outcome, 3 months after the cardiac event. To assess well-being, we analyse the frequency of anxiety, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and health within this group. Further, we aim to evaluate the importance of five prognostic factors for post-OHCA well-being.

Methods

Data collection took place between 2008 and 2012, and every OHCA survivor within one region of Sweden, with a cerebral performance category (CPC) score of ≤2 at discharge, wa

SUBMITTER: Viktorisson A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6009628 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature