Publications by authors named "Simone Rosenkranz"
Driving Restrictions Following Defibrillator Implantation: A Nationwide Register-linked Survey Study on the Impact on Employment, Daily Living, and Driving Behaviour.
Eur Heart J Qual Care Clin Outcomes
August 2024
Article Synopsis
- After implantation of an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD), patients face temporary driving restrictions for personal vehicles and permanent prohibitions for professional driving, impacting their job and daily activities.
- A Danish survey revealed that among active professional drivers, 33% lost their jobs due to these driving restrictions, while 47% of previously employed patients felt restricted in maintaining their work.
- The study indicated that younger age, higher income, and pre-implantation driving frequency increased the likelihood of significant daily living disruptions due to driving limitations after ICD implantation.
Background And Aim: There are a paucity of studies investigating workforce affiliation in connection with first-time implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD)-implantation. This study explored workforce affiliation and risk markers associated with not returning to work in patients with ICDs.
Methods: Using the nationwide Danish registers, patients with a first-time ICD-implantation between 2007 and 2017 and of working age (30-65 years) were identified.
Article Synopsis
- A nationwide survey in Denmark assessed the awareness and adherence to driving restrictions among patients who received implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) between 2013 and 2016.
- The study found that a significant number of respondents (between 28% and 58% depending on their situation) were unaware of the driving restrictions and over one-third resumed driving during prohibited periods.
- Despite this, only 0.2% reported experiencing an ICD shock while driving, with a very low estimated risk of harm (0.0002% per person-year).
Background: Implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) implantation is associated with driving restrictions which may have profound effects on the patient's life. However, there is limited patient-reported data on the information given about driving restrictions, the adherence to the restrictions, the incidence of arrhythmic symptoms while driving, and the driving restrictions' effect on ICD patients' daily life and quality of life factors. A specific questionnaire was designed to investigate these objectives, intended for use in a nationwide ICD cohort.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Many patients who suffer an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest will fail to receive bystander intervention (cardiopulmonary resuscitation [CPR] or defibrillation) despite widespread CPR training and the dissemination of automated external defibrillators (AEDs). We sought to investigate what factors encourage lay bystanders to initiate CPR and AED use in a cohort of bystanders previously trained in CPR techniques who were present at an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.
Methods And Results: One-hundred and twenty-eight semistructured qualitative interviews with CPR-trained lay bystanders to consecutive out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, where an AED was present were conducted (from January 2012 to April 2015, in Denmark).