The purposes of liver transplantation (LT) include the extension of survival, improvement in quality of life, and the return of the recipient as a contributing member of society. Employment is one measure of the ability to return to society. The aim of this study is to determine the factors affectin
Quality of life and employment after liver transplantation
โ Scribed by Dena M. Bravata; Emmet B. Keeffe
- Book ID
- 111723111
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2001
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 69 KB
- Volume
- 7
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1527-6465
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Not only is there a limited supply of organs for liver transplantation, but the quality of the available organs is not uniform. Risk factors such as donor age and cause of death are known to predict graft failure, but their impact on the recipient's quality of life (QOL) has not been reported. We se
The objective of this study was to study the factors affecting employment after liver transplantation. The employment status and health status of 203 adult liver transplant recipients was assessed retrospectively in a survey comprising an employment questionnaire, the Sickness Impact Profile (SID),