Work rehabilitation of patients after kidney transplantation

Abstract

Kidney transplantation is one of the most effective methods of renal replacement therapy. The aim of the given research is to prove that an ability to work is an indicator of successful kidney transplantation. Materials and methods: we have analyzed the results of 251 kidney transplantation, were the patients that lived more than six months after operations have been included into research. An average age of patients was 36,52 ± 10,50 among whom there were 63, 7 male patients. In 97% cadaver donors were used. For statistical analysis we used SPSS. Results: during the hemodialysis 29 patient (12%) were working. After kidney transplantations 161 (64%) patients returned to work. Survival rate of patients and transplants appeared to be considerably higher among those patients who were able to work after the operations. We made a comparative analysis of patients and transplants survival among working and non-working patients. The lifetime and transplants survival rate was significantly higher among the working patients. Median time of survival was 21 years and 7 years for working and non-working patients correspondingly (p = 0,0001); median time of transplant survival was 20 years and 4 years for working and non-working patients correspondingly (p = 0,0001). Conclusion: work rehabilitation after kidney transplantation is a factor of improved prognosis of operation outcomes.