Sickness absence, disability pension and economic situation after a spontaneous subarachnoid haemorrhage among people of working age: a Swedish longitudinal nationwide cohort study

Objectives The aim was to describe the course of sickness absence (SA), disability pension (DP) and work-related economic situation defined as earnings (EA) disposable income (DI), after spontaneous subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH). Associations SA, DP, EA DI with demographic factors were also studied. Design A longitudinal cohort study all 1932 people in Sweden who January 2005 December 2010 had a first time SAH when aged 17 64 years survived during 3-year follow-up. Microdata from four nationwide administrative registers used. Main outcome measures Primary presence SA DP how this changed period 5 (the year before, following 3 years). secondary development variables DI. Demographic analysed sex, age, source bleeding, country birth, family situation, educational level type living area. Results before SAH, 7.9% women 4.6% men some registered (p<0.004). model consisting female higher education single predicted having that year. At end follow-up, 39.2% 28.3% and/or (p<0.0001). village/ rural area bleeding for predicting at levels decreased, while increased follow-up associated area, situation. women’s lower than men’s years. Conclusions influenced future well EA. Both studied by models including sex.