Health status of survivors of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest six months later.
The health status of long-term survivors of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest was studied six months after the event. Although Sickness Impact Profile scores for arrest survivors were higher (worse) than scores of enrollees in a prepaid closed panel health plan, in most cases problems of survivors were not incapacitating. Approximately three-fifths of survivors reported same or better memory function and stair climbing ability compared to that at time of arrest. Three-fifths of those who had been working continued to do so.
D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000368:Aged; D004644:Emotions; D004651:Employment; D005260:Female; D006306:Health Surveys; D006323:Heart Arrest; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D008568:Memory; D008875:Middle Aged; D013997:Time Factors