Long-term physical and psychological outcomes after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest-protocol for a national cross-sectional survey of survivors and their relatives (the DANCAS survey).

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The number of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) survivors is increasing. However, there remains limited knowledge on the long-term physical and psychological problems suffered by survivors and their relatives. The aims of the DANCAS (DANish cardiac arrest survivorship) survey are to describe the prevalence of physical and psychological problems, identify predictors associated with suffering them and to determine unmet rehabilitation needs in order to make recommendations on the timing and content of future rehabilitation interventions.

Methods and analysis

The DANCAS survey has a cross-sectional design involving a survey of OHCA survivors and their relatives. OHCA survivors will be identified through the Danish Cardiac Arrest Registry as having suffered an O

SUBMITTER: Joshi VL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8023731 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature