Employment before and after initiation of dialysis or kidney transplantation– a Danish nationwide registry-based cohort study
Abstract Background Patients treated with chronic dialysis or kidney transplantation have difficulties in maintaining employment. We aimed to estimate employment rates among dialysis and kidney transplant patients from 3 years before to 3 years after initiating dialysis or undergoing transplantation...
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| author | Rasmus Kirkeskov Carlsen Lilli Kirkeskov Margit S. Riis Rikke K. Jacobsen Frederikke Hørdam Gronemann Merete Osler Janne Petersen Niels Henrik Buus |
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| description | Abstract Background Patients treated with chronic dialysis or kidney transplantation have difficulties in maintaining employment. We aimed to estimate employment rates among dialysis and kidney transplant patients from 3 years before to 3 years after initiating dialysis or undergoing transplantation. Methods All first-time dialysis and kidney transplantation patients aged 18–65 years in Denmark from 2005 to 2019 were identified using the Danish Nephrological Register and linked with information about social security benefits. Each dialysis or kidney transplant patient was matched with 3 references. Results In total, 4,469 patients undergoing dialysis (median age 55 years, 65% males) and 2,294 patients receiving kidney transplants (median age 49 years, 64% males) were included together with 13,262 and 6,790 matched references, respectively. The employment rate was 11% when initiating dialysis compared to 61% for the reference group. Kidney transplantation patients had an employment rate of 20% compared to 67% for the reference group. At all time points (3 years before, 1 year before, at the time of intervention, 1 year after, and 3 years after) both dialysis and kidney transplant patients had lower employment rates compared to references (P < 0.001). There was only a partial return to work after transplantation. Employment rates increased in ESKD patients in the period 2005–2019, however, the increase was not different from corresponding reference groups. Conclusions Employment rates in ESKD patients are very low and decline long before initiation of dialysis or kidney transplantation. Of concern, kidney transplantation only leads to a small increase in employment. There has been no improvement in the employment of ESKD patients from the period 2005–2009 to 2015–2019. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-fffa36ebd8be4a66993f94c5a97ac9612025-02-02T12:12:36ZengBMCBMC Nephrology1471-23692025-01-012611910.1186/s12882-025-03969-9Employment before and after initiation of dialysis or kidney transplantation– a Danish nationwide registry-based cohort studyRasmus Kirkeskov Carlsen0Lilli Kirkeskov1Margit S. Riis2Rikke K. Jacobsen3Frederikke Hørdam Gronemann4Merete Osler5Janne Petersen6Niels Henrik Buus7Department of Renal Medicine, Aarhus University HospitalDepartment of Social Medicine, University Hospital Bispebjerg-FrederiksbergCenter for Clinical Research and Prevention, University Hospital Bispebjerg-FrederiksbergCenter for Clinical Research and Prevention, University Hospital Bispebjerg-FrederiksbergCenter for Clinical Research and Prevention, University Hospital Bispebjerg-FrederiksbergCenter for Clinical Research and Prevention, University Hospital Bispebjerg-FrederiksbergCenter for Clinical Research and Prevention, University Hospital Bispebjerg-FrederiksbergDepartment of Renal Medicine, Aarhus University HospitalAbstract Background Patients treated with chronic dialysis or kidney transplantation have difficulties in maintaining employment. We aimed to estimate employment rates among dialysis and kidney transplant patients from 3 years before to 3 years after initiating dialysis or undergoing transplantation. Methods All first-time dialysis and kidney transplantation patients aged 18–65 years in Denmark from 2005 to 2019 were identified using the Danish Nephrological Register and linked with information about social security benefits. Each dialysis or kidney transplant patient was matched with 3 references. Results In total, 4,469 patients undergoing dialysis (median age 55 years, 65% males) and 2,294 patients receiving kidney transplants (median age 49 years, 64% males) were included together with 13,262 and 6,790 matched references, respectively. The employment rate was 11% when initiating dialysis compared to 61% for the reference group. Kidney transplantation patients had an employment rate of 20% compared to 67% for the reference group. At all time points (3 years before, 1 year before, at the time of intervention, 1 year after, and 3 years after) both dialysis and kidney transplant patients had lower employment rates compared to references (P < 0.001). There was only a partial return to work after transplantation. Employment rates increased in ESKD patients in the period 2005–2019, however, the increase was not different from corresponding reference groups. Conclusions Employment rates in ESKD patients are very low and decline long before initiation of dialysis or kidney transplantation. Of concern, kidney transplantation only leads to a small increase in employment. There has been no improvement in the employment of ESKD patients from the period 2005–2009 to 2015–2019.https://doi.org/10.1186/s12882-025-03969-9End-stage kidney diseaseEmploymentDialysisKidney transplantationCohort study |
| spellingShingle | Rasmus Kirkeskov Carlsen Lilli Kirkeskov Margit S. Riis Rikke K. Jacobsen Frederikke Hørdam Gronemann Merete Osler Janne Petersen Niels Henrik Buus Employment before and after initiation of dialysis or kidney transplantation– a Danish nationwide registry-based cohort study BMC Nephrology End-stage kidney disease Employment Dialysis Kidney transplantation Cohort study |
| title | Employment before and after initiation of dialysis or kidney transplantation– a Danish nationwide registry-based cohort study |
| title_full | Employment before and after initiation of dialysis or kidney transplantation– a Danish nationwide registry-based cohort study |
| title_fullStr | Employment before and after initiation of dialysis or kidney transplantation– a Danish nationwide registry-based cohort study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Employment before and after initiation of dialysis or kidney transplantation– a Danish nationwide registry-based cohort study |
| title_short | Employment before and after initiation of dialysis or kidney transplantation– a Danish nationwide registry-based cohort study |
| title_sort | employment before and after initiation of dialysis or kidney transplantation a danish nationwide registry based cohort study |
| topic | End-stage kidney disease Employment Dialysis Kidney transplantation Cohort study |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12882-025-03969-9 |
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