Cardiac arrest & resuscitation
Early prediction of long-term cognitive function, emotional distress, and health-related quality of life in cardiac arrest survivors
Authors' conclusion
MoCA and HADS scores during hospitalization relate to long-term cognitive and emotional outcomes after cardiac arrest.
Study context
- Population
- Patients who regained consciousness after cardiac arrest
- Participants
- 100 patients
- Outcome
- Cognitive function (MoCA), emotional distress (HADS) and health-related quality of life (QoL) (EQ-5D-5L) predicted by early in-hospital measures (HADS, MoCA, Barthel Index, delirium, transient coma >24 h)
- Follow-up
- 12 months
Methodological detailslongitudinal, multicentre
- Longitudinal
- Multicentre
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
- Cognitive impairment at 12 months
- 20 %
- Signs of anxiety at 12 months
- 8 %
- Signs of depression at 12 months
- 10 %
- Early Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) vs 12-month MoCA (borderline significant), β
- 0.21, p = 0.05
- Early MoCA < 26 predicting cognitive impairment at 12 months, LR+
- 1.29 (95 % CI: 0.40-4.20)
- Early MoCA < 26 predicting cognitive impairment at 12 months, LR-
- 0.60 (95 % CI: 0.18-1.94)
- Early Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) vs 12-month HADS, β
- 0.47, 95 % CI: 0.33-0.60, p < 0.001
- Age vs 12-month HADS (negative association), β
- −0.10, 95 % CI: −0.18 to −0.02, p = 0.019
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Original publication
Early prediction of long-term cognitive function, emotional distress, and health-related quality of life in cardiac arrest survivors. Resuscitation. Published 4 July 2025. doi:10.
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