Acute cardiac care & resuscitation
Long-term functional outcome and quality of life 5–8 years after out of hospital cardiac arrest
Authors' conclusion
Long-term OHCA survivors had acceptable outcomes, though self-reported sleep and fatigue problems and relatives-reported cognitive decline were prevalent. Higher age and longer ROSC delay were risk factors of poorer outcome, primarily driven by mortality. Female sex was a risk factor of worse self-reported outcomes.
Study context
- Population
- OHCA survivors from participating TTH48 sites, contacted 5–8 years post OHCA, and their relatives161 (58%) alive
- Participants
- 279 survivors
- Primary endpoint
- Functional outcomes and quality of life
- Follow-up
- 5-8 years post OHCA
Methodological detailsmulticentre, long-term follow-up sub-study
- Multicentre
- Long-term follow-up sub-study
Primary result
As reported in the abstract
Long-term outcomes of participating survivors
- Favourable outcome (CPC 1-2)
- 97.8%
- Anxiety
- 5.5%
- Depression
- 2.7%
- PTSD
- 4.5%
- Sleep problems
- 24.5%
- Fatigue
- 45.5%
- Working full- or part-time
- 40.7%
Further findings
Relatives' outcomes
- Anxiety
- 7.0%
- Depression
- 1.2%
- PTSD
- 3.5%
- Relatives reporting patient cognitive decline post OHCA
- 52.3%
Factors associated with long-term outcomes
- ROSC delay, higher age and female sex negatively associated with several long-term outcomes
- Treatment allocation not associated with better outcomes
Original publication
Long-term functional outcome and quality of life 5–8 years after out of hospital cardiac arrest. Resuscitation. Published 9 June 2025. doi:10.
Summarised from the published abstract; every number is checked against it