Labour market participation and retirement after stroke in Denmark: registry based cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To examine labour market participation and retirement among patients with stroke and matched people in the general population according to stroke subtype.

Design

Nationwide, population based, matched cohort study.

Setting

Danish Stroke Registry, covering all Danish hospitals, and other nationwide registries (2005-18).

Participants

Patients (aged 18-60 years and active in the labour market) with a first time diagnosis of ischaemic stroke (n=16 577), intracerebral haemorrhage (n=2025), or subarachnoid haemorrhage (n=4305), and individuals from the general population, matched on age, sex, and calendar year (n=134 428). The median Scandinavian stroke scale score was 55.

Main outcome measures

Unweighted prevalences of labour market participation, re

SUBMITTER: Skajaa N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9809469 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature