• Sidsel Møller, Mads Wissenberg, Kathrine Søndergaard, Kristian Kragholm, Fredrik Folke, Carolina Malta Hansen, Kristian B Ringgren, Julie Andersen, Freddy Lippert, Amalie Lykkemark Møller, Lars Køber, Thomas Alexander Gerds, and Christian Torp-Pedersen.
• Department of Cardiology, Copenhagen University Hospital Gentofte, Hellerup, Denmark. Electronic address: sidsel.gamborg.moeller.03@regionh.dk.
• Resuscitation. 2021 Oct 1; 167: 336-344.

AimsThis study aimed to examine whether socioeconomic differences exist in long-term outcomes after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA).MethodsWe included 2309 30-day OHCA survivors ≥ 30 years of age from the Danish Cardiac Arrest Registry, 2001-2014, divided in tertiles of household income (low, medium, high). Absolute probabilities were estimated using logistic regression for 1-year outcomes and cause-specific Cox regression for 5-year outcomes. Differences between income-groups were standardized with respect to age, sex, education and comorbidities.ResultsHigh-income compared to low-income patients had highest 1-year (96.4% vs. 84.2%) and 5-year (87.6% vs. 64.1%) survival, and lowest 1-year (11.3% vs. 7.4%) and 5-year (13.7% vs. 8.6%) risk of anoxic brain damage/nursing home admission. The corresponding standardized probability differences were 8.2% (95%CI 4.7-11.6%) and 13.9% (95%CI 8.2-19.7%) for 1- and 5-year survival, respectively; and -4.5% (95%CI -8.2 to -1.2%) and -5.1% (95%CI -9.3 to -0.9%) for 1- and 5-year risk of anoxic brain damage/nursing home admission, respectively. Among 831 patients < 66 years working prior to OHCA, 72.1% returned to work within 1 year and 80.8% within 5 years. High-income compared to low-income patients had the highest chance of 1-year (76.4% vs. 58.8%) and 5-year (85.3% vs. 70.6%) return to work with the corresponding absolute probability difference of 18.0% (95%CI 3.8-32.7%) for 1-year and 9.4% (95%CI -3.4 to 22.3%) for 5-year.ConclusionPatients of high socioeconomic status had higher probability of long-term survival and return to work, and lower risk of anoxic brain damage/nursing home admission after OHCA compared to patients of low socioeconomic status.Copyright © 2021. Published by Elsevier B.V.

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