Return to work after ischemic stroke in young adults: A registry-based follow-up study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

We aimed to investigate the proportion of young patients not returning to work (NRTW) at 1 year after ischemic stroke (IS) and during follow-up, and clinical factors associated with NRTW.

Methods

Patients from the Helsinki Young Stroke Registry with an IS occurring in the years 1994-2007, who were at paid employment within 1 year before IS, and with NIH Stroke Scale score ≤15 points at hospital discharge, were included. Data on periods of payment came from the Finnish Centre for Pensions, and death data from Statistics Finland. Multivariate logistic regression analyses assessed factors associated with NRTW 1 year after IS, and lasagna plots visualized the proportion of patients returning to work over time.

Results

We included a total of 769 patients, of whom

SUBMITTER: Aarnio K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6260196 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature