Influence of return to work on quality of life of patients after liver or kidney transplantation

VernacularTitle:重返工作岗位对肝肾移植患者生活质量的影响
Author: Haifeng RU ; Lixia GUO ; Qian LIU ; Jingui SU
Publication Type:Journal Article
Keywords: Liver or kidney transplantation; Return to work; Quality of life
From: Chinese Journal of Practical Nursing 2009;25(7):8-10
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Objective To research and analyze about the quality of life of patients after liver or kid-ney transplantation and return to work aiming at understanding the influence of return to work on their quality of life. Methods The general condition questionnaire and the generic quality of life inventory- 74 (GQOLI-74) were used to survey the quality of life of 30 patients who returned to work after liver or kidney transplantation (the experimental group), the results were compared with 30 cases of the same kinds who did not return to work (the control group). The influence of return to work after liver or kidney transplanta-tion on quality of life was analyzed. Results The total score of quality of life,the score of every dimension and factor were higher in the experimental group than those in the control group. Conclusions Return to work contributes to improvement of quality of life for patients after liver or kidney transplantation.