Life's good for many who've survived a heart attack

Embargoed until: Publicly released: 2023-09-14 01:00

International

Photo by César Badilla Miranda on Unsplash

People who survive going into cardiac arrest go on to have a quality of life that's comparable to the general population, according to Danish research. As people increasingly survive incidents where their heart stops outside a hospital environment, researchers are looking at how well their health recovers. The team sent questionnaires to all people registered as having survived cardiac arrest in Denmark since 2001. About 2,500 survivors responded, and the researchers say they reported physical and mental health levels comparable with the general population, which they say means efforts to save people after cardiac arrest are worth it.

Media release

From:

Long-Term Quality of Life After Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest

About The Study: In this survey study of 2,552 survivors of cardiac arrest in Denmark, health-related quality of life up to 20 years after the event was consistently high across follow-up periods and comparable to the general Danish population. These findings support resource allocation and efforts targeted to increasing survival after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.

Attachments

Note: Not all attachments are visible to the general public. Research URLs will go live after the embargo ends.

Research JAMA, Web page The URL will go live after the embargo ends

Journal/
conference: JAMA Cardiology

Research:Paper

Organisation/s: Nordsjællands Hospital, Denmark

Funder: This study was supported by the Danish foundation TrygFonden, the Laerdal Foundation, and the National Knowledge Center for Rehabilitation and Palliative Care.

Media Contact/s

Contact details are only visible to registered journalists.