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De invloed van revalidatie na een eerste hartinfarct bij mannen van middelbare leeftijd, op de werkhervatting na 3 tot 5 jaar (The effect of rehabilitation following a first heart infarct in middle-aged men on resumption of work after 3 to 5 years) [Dutch]
Vermeulen A, Lie KI, Durrer D
Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde 1981 Nov 21;125(47):1921-1924
clinical trial
4/10 [Eligibility criteria: Yes; Random allocation: Yes; Concealed allocation: No; Baseline comparability: Yes; Blind subjects: No; Blind therapists: No; Blind assessors: No; Adequate follow-up: Yes; Intention-to-treat analysis: No; Between-group comparisons: No; Point estimates and variability: Yes. Note: Eligibility criteria item does not contribute to total score] *This score has been confirmed*

The influence of rehabilitation after the first myocardial infarction on resumption of work 3 to 5 years later by middle aged men. Ninety-nine men aged 40 to 55 years were approached in order to determine how many of them were still completely or partially active in their original occupation 5 years after the first infarction. Patients who had already ceased working for some other reason prior to their infarction did not return to work. Of the 90 patients who were working full-time at the time of occurrence of the infarction. 47 (52%) were unfit for work, 17 (19%) worked part-time and 27 (30%) had resumed full-time activity after 5 years. The main reason (80%) for failure to resume working immediately after the infarction, or for cessation of work during the 5 years after the infarction, was development of aggravation of angina pectoris. The influence of angina pectoris was maximal in patients with small and medium infarctions (peak SGOT < 120U/l. The influence of social reasons to cease working had greatly deceased after 5 years largely because the progressive coronary artery disease had grown more important. A rehabilitation programme of 6 weeks between the 8th and the 16th weeks after the infarction had no influence on the resumption of work.

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