Quality of life of patients after pacemaker implantation

Background. the implantation of artificial pacemaker aims at increasing the Qol of patients and their recovery understood in line with who definition as bio-psychological and social well-being. Objectives. the aim of the study was to assess the influence of pacemaker implantation on the patients’ Qol. additionally, the analysis based on the gender of participants was conducted prior and after pacemaker implantation. Material and methods. two groups of patients participated in the study. the first one encompassed 100 patients following pacemaker implantation (47 women and 53 men), the second one included 58 patients qualified for implantation procedure 22 women and 28 men. macnew heart disease health Related Quality of life Questionnaire was used in the study together with the original social and demographical survey. Results. In mental domain, the mean Qol (n = 100) of the study group amounted to 5.348 ± 0.92, whereas the mean Qol of the control group (n = 50) amounted 4.196 ± 0.85 where p = 0.000000. In physical domain, people after implantation obtained 5.379 ± 1.01, people prior to pacemaker implantation obtained 3.516 ± 1.05 where p = 0.000000. In social domain, people following the procedure obtained Qol value amounting to 5.550 ± 0.99, whereas people qualified for pacemaker implantation obtained 3.692 ± 1.08 where p = 0.000000. Conclusions. the conducted studies and their analysis have shown that there is a statistically very significant correlation between Qol of people after pacemaker implantation and the group of people qualified for this procedure. the higher Qol was observed in people after pacemaker implantation.