Work Status and Return to the Workforce after Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting and/or Heart Valve Surgery: A One-Year-Follow Up Study
Table 2
Return to the workforce 6 and 12 months after surgery for patients undergoing CABG and/or heart valve surgery in the North Denmark Region from 2003 to 2007.
Return to the workforce (working or unemployed)*
6 months after surgery
12 months after surgery
Yes
No
Yes
No
(%)
(%)
(%)
(%)
Overall
376 (55)
305 (45)
420 (62)
261 (38)
Work status 9–12 months before surgery
Working
331 (72)
129 (28)
373 (81)
87 (19)
Unemployed
33 (58)
24 (42)
33 (58)
24 (42)
On sick leave
12 (33)
24 (67)
14 (39)
22 (61)
Receiving part-time permanent benefit
0 (0)
14 (100)
0 (0)
14 (100)
Disability pension
0 (0)
114 (100)
0 (0)
114 (100)
Work status the week before surgery
Working
177 (83)
36 (17)
183 (86)
30 (14)
Unemployed
23 (82)
5 (18)
21 (75)
7 (25)
On sick leave
176 (58)
130 (42)
216 (71)
90 (29)
Receiving part-time permanent benefit
0 (0)
16 (100)
0 (0)
16 (100)
Disability pension
0 (0)
118 (100)
0 (0)
118 (100)
22 patients died during the one year follow-up (9 working, 3 unemployed, 1 on sick leave, and 9 receiving part-time benefit or disability pension one year before surgery), included in the No category.
