ReviewWorld journal of gastroenterology2016
From prolonging life to prolonging working life: Tackling unemployment among liver-transplant recipients.
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- Exercise interventions for adults after liver transplantation.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2023Pooled it
- Occupational advice to help people return to work following lower limb arthroplasty: the OPAL intervention mapping study.Health technology assessment (Winchester, England) · 2020Trial
- Socio-Occupational Aspects in Liver Transplant Candidates and Recipients: A Retrospective Cohort Study.Journal of occupational rehabilitation · 2026Article
- Financial burden among liver transplant candidates is associated with financial distress and work impairment: A U.S. multicenter study.Hepatology communications · 2026Article
- Determinants of Return to Work in Kidney Transplant Recipients-A Study from the West Pomeranian Region of Poland.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Burden, stress and depression in caregivers of cirrhosis patients before and after liver transplantation.World journal of transplantation · 2025Article
- Cost-effectiveness of an outreach program for HCC screening in patients with cirrhosis: a microsimulation modeling study.EClinicalMedicine · 2025Article
- Liver transplantations in Finland over 40 years: evolution and recent trends.eGastroenterology · 2025Article
- Factors influencing employment rates and states after liver transplantation in China: A multi-centre cross-sectional study.Nursing open · 2023Article
- Quality of Life and Its Determinants in Liver Transplantation Candidates: A Missed Link in Liver Care Program during the Waiting Time for Liver Transplantation.Iranian journal of medical sciences · 2022Article
- Motor and Cognitive Performance in Patients with Liver Cirrhosis with Minimal Hepatic Encephalopathy.Journal of clinical medicine · 2020Article
- The correlation of patients' anxiety after a liver or kidney transplantation with functional and self-reported work ability.Medicine · 2020Observational
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- Predictors of Return to Work 12 Months After Solid Organ Transplantation: Results from the Swiss Transplant Cohort Study.Journal of occupational rehabilitation · 2019Article
- Transplantation: Loyola university (Con) patient and graft survival outcome at 1 and 3 years posttransplant do not reflect the value of successful liver transplantation.Clinical liver disease · 2018Review
- Hepatic encephalopathy before and neurological complications after liver transplantation have no impact on the employment status 1 year after transplantation.World journal of hepatology · 2017Article
- The burden of minimal hepatic encephalopathy: from diagnosis to therapeutic strategies.Annals of gastroenterologyReview
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Abstract
Return to active and productive life is a key goal of modern liver transplantation (LT). Despite marked improvements in quality of life and functional status, a substantial proportion of LT recipients are unable to resume gainful employment. Unemployment forms a threat to physical and psychosocial health, and impairs LT cost-utility through lost productivity. In studies published after year 2000, the average post-LT employment rate is 37%, ranging from 22% to 55% by study. Significant heterogeneity exists among studies. Nonetheless, these employment rates are lower than in the general population and kidney-transplant population. Most consistent employment predictors include pre-LT employment status, male gender, functional/health status, and subjective work ability. Work ability is impaired by physical fatigue and depression, but affected also by working conditions and society. Promotion of post-LT employment is hampered by a lack of interventional studies. Prevention of pre-LT disability by effective treatment of (minimal) hepatic encephalopathy, maintaining mobility, and planning work adjustments early in the course of chronic liver disease, as well as timely post-LT physical rehabilitation, continuous encouragement, self-efficacy improvements, and depression management are key elements of successful employment-promoting strategies. Prolonging LT recipients' working life would further strengthen the success of transplantation, and this is likely best achieved through multidisciplinary efforts ideally starting even before LT candidacy.
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