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Attributable societal costs of first-incident obesity-related cardiovascular comorbidities in Denmark
Conclusion: The onset of obesity-related cardiovascular comorbidities affected health-care costs and work ability to an extent where sick pay and disability pension were required. Our study demonstrates the need to intensify obesity and cardiovascular disease risk factor management to prevent costly and debilitating obesity-related comorbidities.PMID:33794723 | DOI:10.1080/14737167.2021.1908130
Source: Expert Review of Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research - April 2, 2021 Category: Health Management Authors: Jakob Kjellberg Christian K Tikkanen Source Type: research

Return to the workforce following infective endocarditis —A nationwide cohort study
Conclusions Seven of 10 patients who were part of the workforce prior to IE and alive at discharge were part of the workforce 1 year later. Younger age, higher socioeconomic status, and absence of major comorbidities were associated with return to the workforce.
Source: American Heart Journal - November 16, 2017 Category: Cardiology Source Type: research

Return to the Workforce Following Infective Endocarditis – a Nationwide Cohort Study
Conclusions Seven out of ten patients who were part of the workforce prior to IE and alive at discharge were part of the workforce one year later. Younger age, higher socioeconomic status, and absence of major comorbidities were associated with return to the workforce.
Source: American Heart Journal - September 19, 2017 Category: Cardiology Source Type: research

The idea you can be fat but fit is 'a myth' study argues
ConclusionThis was a large prospective cohort study from Sweden, which was carried out in young adult males who were then followed for a period of around 29 years. The study found that lower levels of aerobic fitness were associated with risk of early death, but that this risk of death was greater for those with a high BMI, even if they had a high level of aerobic fitness. This study has a number of strengths and limitations. The limitations are that a large number of participants had missing smoking data and therefore it was not possible to control for the confounding effect of smoking. The lower fitness level group with...
Source: NHS News Feed - December 21, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Food/diet Obesity Source Type: news

Work productivity loss and indirect costs associated with new cardiovascular events in high-risk patients with hyperlipidemia: estimates from population-based register data in Sweden
Conclusions Indirect costs related to work productivity losses of CV events are substantial in Swedish high-risk patients treated for hyperlipidemia and vary considerably by type of event.
Source: The European Journal of Health Economics - November 25, 2015 Category: Health Management Source Type: research

Predictors of permanent work disability among ≤50-year-old patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention
Conclusions Patients ≤50 years old undergoing PCI are at a high risk for subsequent permanent disability for cardiac diagnoses. This finding underscores the need for reinforcing adherence to secondary prevention by cardiac rehabilitation and early collaboration with occupational health care professionals. by Gunn J, Kiviniemi T, Biancari F, Kajander O, Mäkikallio T, Eskola M, Ilveskoski E, Korpilahti K, Wistbacka J-O, Anttila V, Heikkinen J, Airaksinen J. doi:10.5271/sjweh.3507
Source: Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health - June 17, 2015 Category: Occupational Health Tags: Original article Source Type: research

Predictors of permanent work disability among ≤50-year-old patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention.
CONCLUSIONS: Patients ≤50 years old undergoing PCI are at a high risk for subsequent permanent disability for cardiac diagnoses. This finding underscores the need for reinforcing adherence to secondary prevention by cardiac rehabilitation and early collaboration with occupational health care professionals. PMID: 26079321 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health - June 17, 2015 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Gunn J, Kiviniemi T, Biancari F, Kajander O, Mäkikallio T, Eskola M, Ilveskoski E, Korpilahti K, Wistbacka JO, Anttila V, Heikkinen J, Airaksinen J Tags: Scand J Work Environ Health Source Type: research

Developing stroke-specific vocational rehabilitation: a soft systems analysis of current service provision.
Conclusions: Stroke-specific VR should be delivered by an integrated, cross-sector multi-disciplinary team and integrated commissioning between health and other sectors is necessary. Although early intervention is important, support later on in the recovery process is also necessary. Service providers need adequate training to meet the needs of stroke survivors wishing to return to work and better awareness of best practice guidelines. Business cases which demonstrate the efficacy and cost-effectiveness of VR are vital. Implications for Rehabilitation The timeliness of a vocational rehabilitation (VR) intervention is compl...
Source: Disability and Rehabilitation - May 21, 2013 Category: Rehabilitation Authors: Sinclair E, Radford K, Grant M, Terry J Tags: Disabil Rehabil Source Type: research

How accurate are self-reported pensions and benefits? A population based validation study: the Nord-Trlatin small letter o with strokendelag health study (HUNT)
Background: Measures of disability pensions, sickness certification and long-term health related benefits are often self-reported in epidemiological studies. Few studies have examined these measures, and the validity is yet to be established.We aimed to estimate the validity of self-reported disability pension, rehabilitation benefit and retirement pension and to explore the benefit status and basic characteristics of those not responding to these items.A large health survey (HUNT2) containing self-reported questionnaire data on sickness benefits and pensions was linked to a national registry of pensions and benefits, used...
Source: BioMed Central - January 23, 2013 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Solbjørg Makalani MyrtveitAnja M AriansenIngvard WilhelmsenSteinar KrokstadArnstein Mykletun Source Type: research