Employment Status and Work Functioning among Kidney Transplant Recipients.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objectives

To date, employment figures of kidney transplant recipients in Europe are inconsistent. Additionally, little is known about work functioning of employed kidney transplant recipients and work functioning trajectories before and after transplantation.

Design, setting, participants, & measurements

Data from the ongoing TransplantLines Biobank and Cohort study and from community-dwelling employed adults were used. Health-related work functioning of kidney transplant recipients was assessed with the Work Role Functioning Questionnaire 2.0 and compared with potential kidney donors and community-dwelling employed adults.

Results

We included 668 kidney transplant recipients of working age (59% men, age 51±11 years) at median 3 (interquartile range, 2

SUBMITTER: Knobbe TJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9528259 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature