Work Status and Return to the Workforce after Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting and/or Heart Valve Surgery: A One-Year-Follow Up Study

Table 3

The chance of having returned to the workforce 12 months after coronary artery bypass surgery and/or heart valve surgery, by work status before surgery.

		Return to the workforce (working or unemployed)
		𝑁 (%)	𝑅𝑅 (95% CI)	𝑅𝑅^∗ (95% CI)
Work status 9–12 months before surgery	Working	373 (81)	1	1
	Unemployed	33 (58)	0.71 (0.57–0.89)	0.74 (0.60–0.92)
	On sick leave	14 (39)	0.48 (0.32–0.72)	0.52 (0.34–0.78)
Work status one week before surgery	Working	183 (86)	1	1
	Unemployed	21 (75)	0.87 (0.70–1.09)	0.96 (0.78–1.18)
	On sick leave	216 (71)	0.82 (0.75–0.90)	0.85 (0.78–0.94)

∗Adjusted for age, gender, type of operation, and EuroScore.