ICU sedation, delirium & recovery
Do Danish ICU Survivors Remain Employed After ICU Discharge? A Register-Based Longitudinal Cohort Study
Authors' conclusion
About half of ICU survivors remained employed 52 weeks after ICU discharge. Age and comorbidity were effect modifiers.
Study context
- Population
- Danish ICU survivors aged 25–67 years acutely admitted to public ICU for critical illness, 2010–2018
- Participants
- 16,284 ICU survivors
- Exposure
- ICU survivors vs sex- and age-matched general population references
- ICU survivorsn = 16,284
- Outcome
- Prevalence of employed ICU survivors after ICU discharge
- Follow-up
- 52 weeks after ICU discharge
Methodological details1:1 sex- and age-matched general population references, nationwide registers
- 1:1 sex- and age-matched general population references
- Nationwide registers
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Employed ICU survivors (prevalence)
ICU survivors
56%
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
| Outcome | HR (95% CI) | |
|---|---|---|
| Becoming retiredAccounting for competing risks | 14.86 (8.69–25.41) | |
| Becoming sickness absentAccounting for competing risks | 7.56 (7.16–7.98) | |
| 0.050.21520Hazard ratio (log scale) |
Employed ICU survivors by age (subgroup) · 52 weeks after ICU discharge
- Age 25-42 years
- 63%
- Age 43-52 years
- 58%
- Age 53-58 years
- 55%
- Age 59-63 years
- 52%
Employed ICU survivors by Charlson Comorbidity Index (subgroup) · 52 weeks after ICU discharge
- Charlson score 0
- 64%
- Charlson score 1-2
- 53%
- Charlson score ≥3
- 37%
Original publication
Do Danish ICU Survivors Remain Employed After ICU Discharge? A Register-Based Longitudinal Cohort Study. Crit Care Med. Published 25 November 2024. doi:10.
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