Key result
Rehabilitation interventions fail to improve physical or mental HRQoL in cardiac arrest survivors.
Why the study?
The effectiveness of rehabilitation interventions on the secondary physical, neurological, and psychological consequences for adult cardiac arrest survivors was uncertain.
Do rehabilitation interventions improve health-related quality of life in adult survivors of cardiac arrest?
Comparison
Rehabilitation interventions versus usual care or no rehabilitation
Design
Systematic review and meta-analysis of RCTs and observational studies
Follow-up
8 weeks to 2 years
Authors
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Rehabilitation shows no HRQoL benefit in cardiac arrest survivors; low-quality evidence leaves efficacy undetermined.
Meta-Analysis (n=721)
Do rehabilitation interventions improve health-related quality of life in adult survivors of cardiac arrest?
Standardized Mean Difference: 0.19 (95% CI -0.09–0.47)
Due to low-quality evidence, the effectiveness of rehabilitation interventions on health-related quality of life and neurological function in cardiac arrest survivors remains undetermined.
Joshi et al. (2021) conducted a meta-analysis in Cardiac arrest (n=721). Rehabilitation interventions vs. Control was evaluated on Physical health-related quality of life (HRQoL) (SMD 0.19, 95% CI -0.09 to 0.47). Rehabilitation interventions had no effect on physical (SMD 0.19; 95% CI -0.09 to 0.47) or mental (SMD 0.27; 95% CI -0.01 to 0.55) health-related quality of life in cardiac arrest survivors.
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