Patient return chronic kidney to production activities after kidney transplantation

Abstract

Introduction: Kidney transplantation enables the rescue of physical well-being and inclusion in the social context of the person with chronic kidney disease, in which the return to work and other daily activities take place gradually. Objective: To evaluate the return to productive activities after renal transplantation in patients followed by the Center for Prevention of Kidney Disease from the Nephrology Service of the University Hospital of Federal University of Maranhão. Methods: Cross-sectional study with descriptive character, using secondary data from medical records from the Canadian Occupational Performance Measure (COPM) and samples of 127 records. Results: Predominantly male patients (63.78%), average age of 41.5 years, schooling with a predominance of incomplete primary education (22.05%), retired (30.71%), predominance of elapsed time of transplantation is 5 to 10 years (47.24%), 26.77% remained in the same profession after transplantation, 52.76% have paid employment and 11.02% did not report back to productive activities. The 35-55 years age group and those with incomplete primary education had higher return to productive activities. Conclusion: The study showed satisfactory results regarding the return to productive activities, but some variables like education, gender and age are important when related to the return to productive activities.