Overall mental distress and health-related quality of life after solid-organ transplantation: results from a retrospective follow-up study

Table 2 Posttransplantation sociodemographic characteristics

Category	All patients	Heart	Liver	Lung/heart and lung	p ^d
Category	(n = 123)	(n = 60)	(n = 42)	(n = 21)	p ^d
*Gender*
Male	85 (69.1%)	50 (83.3%9	28 (66.7%)	7 (33.3%)	χ²=18.393; df=2;
Female	38 (30.9%)	10 (16.7%)	14 (33.3%)	14 (66.7%)	p<0.001 ^a
*Age*
Mean (years)	52.6	54.9	50.9	49.5
SD	± 11.6	± 11.2	± 11.8	± 11.2	p=0.038^b
Median	57.0	58.0	54.5	53.0
*Marital status*
Single	12 (9.8%)	5 (8.3%)	2 (4.8%)	5 (23.8%)	p=0.151^c
Married	93 (75.6%)	49 (81.7%)	31 (73.8%)	13 (61.9%)
Widowed	2 (1.6%)	1 (1.7%)	1 (2.4%)	-
Divorced	16 (13%)	5 (8.3%)	8 (19%)	3 (14.3%)
*Employment status*
Full-time	25 (20.3%)	11 (18.3%)	13 (31.0%)	1 (4.8%)	p=0.006 ^c
Part-time/homeworker	12 (9.8%)	4 (6.7%)	8 (19%)	-
Unemployment	4 (3.3%)	3 (5%)	1 (2.4%)	-
Retired	12 (9.8%)	9 (15%)	2 (4.8%)	1 (4.8%)
Disabled from work due to health-related reasons	70 (56.9%)	33 (55%)	18 (42.9%)	19 (90.5%)

SD=Standard deviation.
^a χ² tests.
^b Kruskal-Wallis one-way analysis of variance or ranks.
^C Fisher’s exact test.
^dStatistical tests were performed to proof differences of probability or categorical distributions among the different kinds of transplantation (liver-, heart-, lungtransplantation).

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