Hepatic encephalopathy before and neurological complications after liver transplantation have no impact on the employment status 1 year after transplantation

Table 10 Paired analysis of the short form 36 domain scores and the six-dimension health state short form score of patients not employed after orthotopic liver transplantation surveyed before and 12 mo after orthotopic liver transplantation

SF-36 domain score, n = 21	Before OLT	After OLT	P value
PF, mean ± SD	48.1 ± 28.3	65.5 ± 29.0	0.03
PRF, mean ± SD	38.1 ± 40.0	41.6 ± 39.0	0.76
BP, mean ± SD	61.1 ± 31.3	70.0 ± 24.8	0.25
GHP, mean ± SD	41.8 ± 15.6	56.8 ± 22.2	0.01
VIT, mean ± SD	44.3 ± 20.0	51.2 ± 22.2	0.14
SRF, mean ± SD	65.5 ± 29.3	67.3 ± 21.1	0.80
ERF, mean ± SD	55.6 ± 45.1	57.1 ± 44.9	0.91
MH, mean ± SD	66.3 ± 16.3	69.1 ± 18.7	0.53
Sum score, mean ± SD	420.7 ± 163.8	478.6 ± 148.0	0.21
SF-6D QALYs, mean ± SD	0.64 ± 0.15	0.66 ± 0.10	0.46

P value ≤ 0.05 is considered significant, no correlation between first and second measurement. SF-36: Short form 36; SF-6D: Six-dimension health state short form; OLT: Orthotopic liver transplantation; PF: Physical functioning; PRF: Physical role functioning; BP: Bodily pain; GHP: General health perception; VIT: Vitality; SRF: Social role functioning; ERF: Emotional role functioning; MH: Mental health; QALYs: Quality adjusted life years.