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Renal transplant is the gold standard treatment for patients with end-stage renal disease. Employment after transplant is an important marker of recovery and general well-being. In low-middle income countries where economic burden of chronic illness is high with financial constraints and limited access to rehabilitation services, return to work after transplantation becomes not only a personal milestone but a vital socioeconomic outcome. This study highlights various factors impacting working ability, hence return to workforce post renal transplant in recipients as well as donors and also impact of renal transplant on day-to-day activities in non-working individuals engaged in house-hold work
A cross sectional study was conducted on 76 renal transplant recipients and 54 living donors during post-transplant follow up from 2021-2025 at our tertiary care center.
Inclusion Criteria:
• Kidney transplant recipients (both live & cadaveric) who were at least 6 months post Tx with graft survival longer than 3 months
• Living kidney donors
• Who consented for the study
Exclusion Criteria:
• Patients with graft loss
• Who gave negative consent
All participants were enquired regarding Education, Socio economic class, chief source of family income, previous and current occupation, BMI, pre transplant dialysis vintage, Live/Cadaver Transplant, Hospital stay post-transplant, recurrent admissions, Comorbidities or symptoms hampering return to work.
Participants were grouped based on employment status into three groups as depicted below and all individuals were subjected to standard and validated questionnaires
Timeline of Return-to-work post-transplant varied from 3 months to 3 years, with a mean return to work time in recipients is 11 months and donors is 5 months
Out of 25 non-working individuals in recipient as well as donor groups, 10 participants had worsening difficulty in carrying out household activities
Younger age at the time of transplant, higher education, better patient related outcome measures, pre-tx employment status have better chances of return-to-work whereas fear of infections is a major negative predictor and having alternative sources-of-income, multiple comorbidities, recurrent hospital admissions reduce chances of reintegration into workforce. As per WRFQ2.0 physical, output, flexibility demands are commonly affected, mental and social demands, work scheduling demands remain unaffected in both recipients and donors. Non-working group did not show statistically significant decline in day-to-day work post-transplant
