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

Table 4 Short form 36 domain scores and six-dimension health state short form score of employed and not employed patients

SF-36 domain score	Before OLT		P value	After OLT		P value
	Employed (n = 27)	Not employed (n = 35)		Employed (n = 30)	Not employed (n = 41)
PF, mean ± SD	70.7 ± 25.1	47.4 ± 27.4	0.001	82.3 ± 19.2	59.4 ± 28.2	< 0.001
PRF, median (range, min-max)	50 (100, 0-100)	25 (100, 0-100)	0.14	100 (100, 0-100)	25 (100, 0-100)	< 0.001
BP, median (range, min-max)	74 (100, 0-100)	51 (100, 0-100)	0.14	100 (69, 31-100)	74 (88, 12-100)	0.001
GHP, median (range, min-max)	40 (77, 10-87)	35 (82, 0-82)	0.71	69.5 (87, 10-97)	50 (87, 10-97)	0.01
VIT, median (range, min-max)	45 (80, 10-90)	40 (85, 0-85)	0.43	70 (75, 20-95)	45 (85, 5-90)	0.001
SRF, median (range, min-max)	87.5 (87.5, 12.5-100)	62.5 (87.5, 12.5-100)	0.52	100 (50, 50-100)	62.5 (87.5, 12.5-100)	< 0.001
ERF, median (range, min-max)	100 (100, 0-100)	100 (100, 0-100)	0.94	100 (100, 0-100)	33.3 (100, 0-100)	< 0.001
MH, median (range, min-max)	76 (60, 32-92)	64 (88, 8-96)	0.31	80 (56, 44-100)	68 (72, 28-100)	0.01
Sum score, mean ± SD	479.2 ± 193.9	419.7 ± 169.7	0.20	627.0 ± 138.1	433.7 ± 160.8	< 0.001
SF-6D QALYs, mean ± SD	0.71 ± 0.14	0.64 ± 0.15	0.06	0.8 ± 0.1	0.64 ± 0.12	< 0.001

P value ≤ 0.05 is considered significant. 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.