• World Neurosurg · Dec 2020

    Return to driving is a better predictor of patient outcome than return to work after aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage.

    • Lai Pui Man Rosalind PMR Department of Neurosurgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA; Department of Neurosurgery, Harvard Medical School, Boston, and Rose Du.
    • Department of Neurosurgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA; Department of Neurosurgery, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
    • World Neurosurg. 2020 Dec 1; 144: e285-e295.

    ObjectiveReturn to work and driving are major rehabilitation goals for patients after an aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (aSAH). Our goal is to identify factors that may predict return to work or driving after aSAH.MethodsMedical records of patients with aSAH were retrospectively reviewed from 2010 to 2018. Information on return to work and driving were prospectively collected. Univariate analyses were performed to assess the association between return to work or driving with patient characteristics, social factors, and admission clinical and radiographic severity. Multivariate regression models were used to evaluate return to work and driving and generate predictive models.ResultsA total of 193 patients were included, of whom 32% (62/193) resumed work and 57% (110/193) returned to driving. Median follow-up time was 3.4 years (interquartile range, 0.7-7.5 years). Return to work was associated with younger age (odds ratio [OR], 0.89; 95% CI, 0.85-0.94), lower Hunt and Hess grade (OR, 0.34; 95% CI, 0.23-0.54), and lack of seizures (OR, 0.09; 95% CI, 0.02-0.47). Return to driving was associated with younger age (OR, 0.94; 95% CI, 0.91-0.98), lower Hunt and Hess grade (OR, 0.36; 95% CI, 0.23-0.56), married status (OR, 3.4; 95% CI, 1.2-9.4), current or former smoking (OR, 3.9; 95% CI, 1.5-10.1), lack of recreational drug use (OR, 0.08; 95% CI, 0.01-0.77), and lack of seizures (OR, 0.28; 95% CI, 0.08-0.96). Admission risk factors were predictive of return to driving and return to work in the final multivariate models generated (area under the receiver operating characteristic curve 88% vs. 89%, respectively).ConclusionsBecause work may be highly dependent on complex individual and social factors, driving is a simple and more accurate assessment for an individual's status after aSAH.Copyright © 2020 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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