Acute cardiac care & resuscitation
Association of socioeconomic status with 30-day survival following out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in Scotland, 2011–2020
Main finding · 30-day survival after OHCAResult — go to the resultOdds ratio 0.74 95% CI 0.63–0.88Authors' conclusion
Socioeconomic status is associated with 30-day survival after OHCA in Scotland, favouring people living in the least deprived areas. This was not explained by confounding due to age, sex, or urban/rural residency. The strongest association was observed in males <45 years old.
Study context
- Population
- Non-traumatic, non-EMS-witnessed out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) with resuscitation attempted by the Scottish Ambulance Service, 2011–2020
- Exposure
- Most deprived vs least deprived Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation (SIMD) quintile
- Outcome
- 30-day survival after OHCA
- Follow-up
- 30 days
Methodological detailspopulation-based
- Population-based
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Odds ratio
0.74
95% CI 0.63–0.88
Most deprivedvs Least deprived
OR 0.74 (95% CI 0.63–0.88)
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
30-day survival by age and sex (stratified)
- Strongest association in males <45 years old
Shockable initial rhythm, bystander CPR, 30-day survival across quintiles
- Decreasing trends with increasing deprivation
Parts of this Brief are withheld: the automatic checks could not confirm them against the abstract.
Original publication
Association of socioeconomic status with 30-day survival following out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in Scotland, 2011–2020. Eur Heart J Qual Care Clin Outcomes. Published 19 September 2023. doi:10.
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