ArticleSafety and health at work2012
Return to work after an acute coronary syndrome: patients' perspective.
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- Pooled it
- Scoping review of return to work in patients with heart failure.Heart failure reviews · 2026Article
- Barriers and facilitators to return to work in young and middle-aged patients after PCI: a qualitative study based on the COM-B model.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Return to Work After a Cardiovascular Event: The Central Role of Cardiac Rehabilitation.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Review
- Cardiovascular disease and absenteeism in Dutch occupational health: a retrospective study in a regular working population.Netherlands heart journal : monthly journal of the Netherlands Society of Cardiology and the Netherlands Heart Foundation · 2025Article
- A cost-effectiveness evaluation of a high-sensitivity troponin I guided voluntary cardiovascular risk assessment program for asymptomatic women in Croatia.International journal of cardiology. Cardiovascular risk and prevention · 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
- Estimating the cost-effectiveness of screening a general population for cardiovascular risk with high-sensitivity troponin-I.European heart journal. Quality of care & clinical outcomes · 2022Article
- Patterns of Sedentary Behavior in the First Month After Acute Coronary Syndrome.Journal of the American Heart Association · 2019Observational
- Patients' expectations of returning to work, co-morbid disorders and work capacity at discharge from cardiac rehabilitation.Vascular health and risk management · 2019Article
- Changes in Employment Status after Myocardial Infarction among Men.Balkan medical journal · 2016Article
- The intersection of health and wealth: association between personal bankruptcy and myocardial infarction rates in Canada.BMC public health · 2016Article
- Psychosocial job conditions, fear avoidance beliefs and expected return to work following acute coronary syndrome: a cross-sectional study of fear-avoidance as a potential mediator.BMC public health · 2015Article
- Evaluation of the return to work and its duration after myocardial infarction.ARYA atherosclerosis · 2014Article
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Abstract
objectivesTo describe the time perspective of return to work and the factors that facilitate and hinder return to work in a group of survivors of acute coronary syndrome (ACS).
methodsRetrospective semi-structured telephone survey 2 to 3 years after hospitalization with 84 employed Dutch ACS-patients from one academic medical hospital.
resultsFifty-eight percent of patients returned to work within 3 months, whereas at least 88% returned to work once within 2 years. Two years after hospitalization, 12% of ACS patients had not returned to work at all, and 24% were working, but not at pre-ACS levels. For all ACS-patients, the most mentioned categories of facilitating factors to return to work were having no complaints and not having signs or symptoms of heart disease. Physical incapacity, co-morbidity, and mental incapacity were the top 3 categories of hindering factors against returning to work.
conclusionWithin 2 years, 36% of the patients had not returned to work at their pre-ACS levels. Disease factors, functional capacity, environmental factors, and personal factors were listed as affecting subjects' work ability level.
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