[Resumption of work after the lst myocardial infarct. Results of the Hamburg Infarct After-Care Study].
In a prospective study of 1019 unselected patients, 53% of those under 60 years of age were again able to work within 18 months after the first myocardial infarction. Decisive for the high proportion of those who did not take up work again are, in particular, marked changes in the attitude towards work and the deteriorating employment situation, in addition to medical reasons such as cardiac complications (11.4%) and bypass operations (10%). The sociological changes weakened the positive effect of post-hospital treatment and rehabilitation, so that there has been no proven increase in the number of those returning to work, compared with data collected in the 1960s. Resumption of work can only conditionally be used as an indicator of success within a comprehensive rehabilitation plan.
D000368:Aged; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D005260:Female; D005860:Germany, West; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000534:rehabilitation* / Q000601:surgery; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012008:Recurrence; D012923:Social Class; D014937:Work
Wiederaufnahme der Arbeit nach erstem Herzinfarkt. Ergebnisse der Hamburger Infarkt-Nachsorge-Studie.