Viktorisson A, et al. - Through a longitudinal study of 298 survivors of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) that were recognized through the national Swedish Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Registry, the researchers intended to assess psychological distress in terms of anxiety and depression, self-assessed health and predictors of these outcomes in survivors of OHCA, 3 and 12 months post-resuscitation. Clinically appropriate anxiety was reported by 22 and 17 survivors at 3 months and at 12 months, respectively, whereas clinical depression was reported by 10 and 4 survivors at 3 months and at 12 months, respectively. Markedly fewer symptoms of psychological distress and better self-assessed health at 12 months were discovered. Anxiety was predicted by the treatment-requiring comorbidity and poor health at 3 months was predicted by being a female and young age. Being a female was correlated with anxiety and depression whereas a young age was linked to poor health, at 12 months. Hence, among survivors of OHCA between 3 and 12 months post-resuscitation, improvement in the level of psychological distress and self-assessed health were observed. Moreover, among female survivors and those with comorbidity, greater levels of psychological distress could be anticipated, however, survivors of a young age and who were female were at a higher risk of poor health.