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

Table 9 Paired analysis of the short form 36 domain scores and the six-dimension health state short form score of patients employed after orthotopic liver transplantation surveyed before and 12 mo after orthotopic liver transplantation

SF-36 domain score, n = 16	Before OLT	After OLT	P value
PF, mean ± SD	71.6 ± 26.8	84.1 ± 18.6	0.04
PRF, mean ± SD	50.0 ± 47.4	82.8 ± 35.0	0.02
BP, mean ± SD	70.7 ± 34.5	88.8 ± 18.8	0.04
GHP, mean ± SD	46.9 ± 24.0	66.8 ± 24.0	0.01
VIT, mean ± SD	45.9 ± 23.8	68.4 ± 15.2	0.01
SRF, mean ± SD	70.3 ± 33.2	90.6 ± 15.5	0.06
ERF, mean ± SD	70.8 ± 43.7	91.7 ± 19.3	0.10
MH, mean ± SD	70.8 ± 18.7	80.0 ± 13.6	0.17
Sum score, mean ± SD	497.0 ± 191.7	653.2 ± 128.6	0.01
SF-6D QALYs, mean ± SD	0.71 ± 0.12	0.81 ± 0.10	0.02

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.