Predictors of return to work after kidney transplantation: a 12-month cohort of the Japan Academic Consortium of Kidney Transplantation study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To investigate the cumulative return-to-work (RTW) rate and to identify predictors of employment after kidney transplantation (KT).

Design

Retrospective, outpatient-based cohort study.

Setting

This was a single-centre study of the largest Japanese kidney transplant centre.

Participants

We selected Japanese kidney transplant recipients aged 20-64 years who were employed in paid jobs at the time of transplantation and who visited an outpatient clinic from December 2017 to March 2018. From 797 patients, we evaluated 515 in this study.

Interventions

We interviewed patients at an outpatient clinic and investigated the timing and predictors of RTW using logistic regression models.

Primary and secondary outcome measures

The primary outcome was

SUBMITTER: Miyake K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6797409 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature