Objective To analyze the types and characteristics of social participation in liver transplant recipients, and to provide a re-ference for conducting targeted medical care services.Methods A descriptive qualitative study was designed, and 20 liver transplant recipients were selected using purposive sampling method to conduct semi-structured interviews, then the content analysis method was used to analyze the interview data, a tagging system for social participation user persona of liver transplant recipients was extracted and summarized, and user persona was constructed.A combination of word clouds and tables was utilized to visualize user persona.Results The user persona labels for social participation of liver transplant recipients were categorized into six dimensions: daily activities, physical health, psychological status, social support, family economic status, and accessibility of medical resources; and four types of user persona were constructed:degradation type dependent on care, avoidance type with heavy burden, transitional type with active adaptation, and active regression type.Conclusion The social participation among liver transplant reci-pients is diverse.Medical staff should comprehensively evaluate the social participation characteristics and obstacles of liver transplant recipients, then develop individualized and precise social participation interventions, and provide appropriate social support systems and resources, so as to enhance their social participation and promote their return to society.