Work status and work ability of patients receiving kidney replacement therapy: results from a European survey.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Employment is important for the quality of life and financial security of patients of working age receiving kidney replacement therapy (KRT). We aimed to examine self-reported work status and general, physical and mental work ability and to determine associations between demographic, disease-related, work-related and macroeconomic factors and employment. .

Methods

Europeans from 37 countries, ages 19-65 years, treated with dialysis or kidney transplantation, filled out the web-based or paper-based cross-sectional EDITH kidney patient survey between November 2017 and January 2019. We performed descriptive analyses and multivariable generalized logistic mixed models.

Results

Of the 3544 patients, 36.5% were employed and working [25.8% of dialysis patients, 53

SUBMITTER: de Jong RW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9494090 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature