Whether perceived limb heaviness affects return to work among patients with ischemic stroke
Yuanyuan Chen, Hongyan Yang, Yanqin Chen, Hui Wei, Meijuan Lan · 2024
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Yuanyuan Chen and co-authors study whether a feeling of heaviness in the limbs keeps stroke patients from going back to work, in a 2024 study. The team draw on a hospital cohort of people who had an ischemic stroke, where a clot cuts blood to the brain. One year later, they ask who had returned to work and who felt their limbs were heavy.
Of 209 patients, about 38 percent were back at work after a year, and about 17 percent reported heavy limbs. Those who felt heaviness had far lower odds of working again, even after other factors were weighed. An odd second finding was that patients with two sons returned more often, perhaps from family duty. The team say the heaviness feeling, easy to ask about, deserves a place in return-to-work planning.
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| CREATOR | Yuanyuan Chen, Hongyan Yang, Yanqin Chen, Hui Wei, Meijuan Lan |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 20 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |