PMID- 33571604 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20210628 LR - 20240227 IS - 1873-1570 (Electronic) IS - 0300-9572 (Linking) VI - 162 DP - 2021 May TI - Health-related quality of life after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest - a five-year follow-up study. PG - 372-380 LID - S0300-9572(21)00045-9 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2021.01.036 [doi] AB - BACKGROUND: Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) is affected after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA), but data several years after the arrest are lacking. We assessed long-term HRQoL in OHCA survivors and how known outcome predictors impact HRQoL. METHODS: In adult OHCA survivors, HRQoL was assessed five years post arrest using Short-form 36 (SF-36), EQ-5D-3 L (EQ-5D) and Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) among others. Results were compared to the next of kins' estimates and to a Norwegian reference population. RESULTS: Altogether 96 survivors were included mean 5.3 (range 3.6-7.2) years after OHCA. HRQoL compared well to the reference population, except for lower score for general health with 67.2 (95%CI (62.1; 72.3) vs. 72.9 (71.9; 74.0)), p = 0.03. Younger (