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Patients were asked about daily activities, level of education, employment and clinical condition. A six-minute walking test was performed with measurement of dyspnoea using the Borg scale. Quality of Life was evaluated with the SF-36 and GHQ questionnaires.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Before transplantation 131 patients (87%), (70 heart and 61 lung) worked. After transplantation, 51 patients (39%) went back to work and 3 more started working. We found that younger age, a better quality of life (mainly in the mental domain), having had an occupation previously (particularly as an entrepreneur\/freelancer), and having been off work for less than 24months, were independent predictors of return to work.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Considering their good, objective and subjective, functional status, some patients who could have returned to work, chose not to. Identifying factors which affect return to work might help health professionals to adopt the best course of treatment and psychological support in order to fulfil this goal; however, return to work should not be considered as the only expression of a patient's real psychophysical condition.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1016\/j.ejheart.2007.08.002","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2007,11,3]],"date-time":"2007-11-03T07:12:00Z","timestamp":1194073920000},"page":"1112-1119","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":34,"title":["Return to Work After Thoracic Organ Transplantation in a Clinically-Stable Population"],"prefix":"10.1093","volume":"9","author":[{"given":"Lucia","family":"Petrucci","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, University of Pavia , Pavia 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