October 7, 2003Circulation
Health-Related Quality of Life Is Better for Cardiac Arrest Survivors Who Received Citizen Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
Key result
Citizen-initiated CPR was independently associated with very good quality of life (HUI3 >0.90) at 1 year among out-of-hospital cardiac arrest survivors (OR 2.0; 95% CI 1.2-3.4).
Why the study?
Does citizen-initiated CPR improve health-related quality of life in adult out-of-hospital cardiac arrest survivors at 1 year?
Population
268 adult out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients who survived to 1 year
Comparison
Citizen-initiated cardiopulmonary resuscitation vs No citizen-initiated CPR
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
1 year
Authors
Discussion
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Implication
Supports promotion of citizen CPR; leaves open whether it causally improves survivor quality of life.
Study Design
Type
Cohort (n=268)
Multicenter
Yes
Structured PICO
Does citizen-initiated CPR improve health-related quality of life in adult out-of-hospital cardiac arrest survivors at 1 year?
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Population
268 adult out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients who survived to 1 year (from an initial cohort of 8091 patients)
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Intervention
Citizen-initiated cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)
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Comparator
No citizen-initiated CPR
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Outcome
Health-related quality of life measured by the Health Utilities Index Mark III (HUI3) at 1 yearpatient reported
Main Result
Effect estimate: OR 2.0 (95% CI 1.2-3.4)
Citizen-initiated CPR is strongly and independently associated with better health-related quality of life among 1-year survivors of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.
Cite This Study
Stiell et al. (2003) conducted a cohort in Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (n=268). Citizen-initiated cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) vs. No citizen-initiated CPR was evaluated on Very good quality of life (Health Utilities Index Mark III >0.90) (OR 2.0, 95% CI 1.2-3.4). Citizen-initiated CPR was independently associated with very good quality of life (HUI3 >0.90) at 1 year among out-of-hospital cardiac arrest survivors (OR 2.0; 95% CI 1.2-3.4).