ReviewHealth and quality of life outcomes2010
Depression as a predictor of work resumption following myocardial infarction (MI): a review of recent research evidence.
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- Interventions to support return to work for people with coronary heart disease.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2019Pooled it
- Common Psychosocial Factors Predicting Return to Work After Common Mental Disorders, Cardiovascular Diseases, and Cancers: A Review of Reviews Supporting a Cross-Disease Approach.Journal of occupational rehabilitation · 2018Pooled it
- Job demand and control interventions: a stakeholder-centered best-evidence synthesis of systematic reviews on workplace disability.The international journal of occupational and environmental medicine · 2015Pooled it
- No impact of an extensive social intervention program on return to work and quality of life after acute cardiac event: a cluster-randomized trial in patients with negative occupational prognosis.International archives of occupational and environmental health · 2019Trial
- Psychological Burden and Psychosocial Stress in Younger and Middle-Aged Women with Prior Myocardial Infarction.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2026Article
- Return to Work After a Cardiovascular Event: The Central Role of Cardiac Rehabilitation.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Review
- Mental health literacy in patients with acute myocardial infarction: a cross-sectional registry-based study.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2024Article
- Qualitative study of barriers and facilitators encountered by individuals with physical diseases in returning and continuing to work.BMC health services research · 2022Article
- Perceived return-to-work pressure following cardiovascular disease is associated with age, sex, and diagnosis: a nationwide combined survey- and register-based cohort study.BMC public health · 2022Article
- Patients' expectations of returning to work, co-morbid disorders and work capacity at discharge from cardiac rehabilitation.Vascular health and risk management · 2019Article
- Factors Associated With Return to Work After Acute Myocardial Infarction in China.JAMA network open · 2018Article
- [Sense of Coherence Scale according to Antonovsky as a possible predictor for return to work for cardiac surgery intensive care patients].Der Anaesthesist · 2018Article
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- Predicting return to work after acute myocardial infarction: Socio-occupational factors overcome clinical conditions.PloS one · 2018Article
- Job demands and decision control predicted return to work: the rapid-RTW cohort study.BMC public health · 2017Article
- Researching Complex and Multi-Level Workplace Factors Affecting Disability and Prolonged Sickness Absence.Journal of occupational rehabilitation · 2016Article
- Factors affecting return to work after injury or illness: best evidence synthesis of systematic reviews.Chiropractic & manual therapies · 2016Review
- Depression in people with coronary heart disease: prognostic significance and mechanisms.Current cardiology reports · 2015Review
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- Evaluating the impact of depression, anxiety & autonomic function on health related quality of life, vocational functioning and health care utilisation in acute coronary syndrome patients: the ADVENT study protocol.BMC cardiovascular disorders · 2013Article
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Abstract
backgroundDepression often coexists with myocardial infarction (MI) and has been found to impede recovery through reduced functioning in key areas of life such as work. In an era of improved survival rates and extended working lives, we review whether depression remains a predictor of poorer work outcomes following MI by systematically reviewing literature from the past 15 years.
methodsArticles were identified using medical, health, occupational and social science databases, including PubMed, OVID, Medline, Proquest, CINAHL plus, CCOHS, SCOPUS, Web of Knowledge, and the following pre-determined criteria were applied: (i) collection of depression measures (as distinct from 'psychological distress') and work status at baseline, (ii) examination and statistical analysis of predictors of work outcomes, (iii) inclusion of cohorts with patients exhibiting symptoms consistent with Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS), (iv) follow-up of work-specific and depression specific outcomes at minimum 6 months, (v) published in English over the past 15 years. Results from included articles were then evaluated for quality and analysed by comparing effect size.
resultsOf the 12 articles meeting criteria, depression significantly predicted reduced likelihood of return to work (RTW) in the majority of studies (n = 7). Further, there was a trend suggesting that increased depression severity was associated with poorer RTW outcomes 6 to 12 months after a cardiac event. Other common significant predictors of RTW were age and patient perceptions of their illness and work performance.
conclusionDepression is a predictor of work resumption post-MI. As work is a major component of Quality of Life (QOL), this finding has clinical, social, public health and economic implications in the modern era. Targeted depression interventions could facilitate RTW post-MI.
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