Relationship of hardiness and sense of coherence to post-liver transplant return to work

Holist Nurs Pract. 1999 Apr;13(3):71-9. doi: 10.1097/00004650-199904000-00011.

Abstract

The article reports a retrospective survey designed to determine the relationship of hardiness and sense of coherence to post-liver transplant return to work (RTW). Instruments used included Pollock's Health-Related Hardiness Scale and Antonovsky's Sense of Coherence Questionnaire. Study results were based on 230 adult liver transplant recipients responding to a mailed questionnaire. After transplantation, 63% of the participants were working. Participants with higher levels of hardiness and higher sense of coherence scores demonstrated higher RTW rates. Using logistic regression, a model comprising hardiness and sense of coherence correctly classified 90% of the participants who returned to work.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adaptation, Psychological*
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Cross-Sectional Studies
  • Employment / psychology*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Internal-External Control*
  • Liver Transplantation / psychology*
  • Liver Transplantation / rehabilitation*
  • Logistic Models
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Models, Psychological
  • Personality*
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Self Concept*
  • Surveys and Questionnaires