Quality of life assessment after artificial cardiac pacemaker

• Autor(a) principal: Gomes, Tais Barbosa
• Data de Publicação: 2011
• Outros Autores: Gomes, Lorena Santana, Antônio, Izelina Helena de Freitas, Barroso, Thatiara de Lima, Cavalcante, Agueda Maria Ruiz Zimmer, Stival, Marina Morato, Lima, Luciano Ramos
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista Eletrônica de Enfermagem
• Texto Completo: https://revistas.ufg.br/fen/article/view/12697
• topic: Quality of Life; Pacemaker; Artificial; Cardiac Pacing; Nursing Assessment.; Quality of Life; Pacemaker; Artificial; Cardiac Pacing; Nursing Assessment.; Calidad de Vida; Marcapaso Artificial; Estimulación Cardíaca Artificial; Evaluación en Enfermería.; Calidad de Vida; Marcapaso Artificial; Estimulación Cardíaca Artificial; Evaluación en Enfermería.; Qualidade de Vida; Marca-Passo Artificial; Estimulação Cardíaca Artificial; Avaliação em Enfermagem.; Qualidade de Vida; Marca-Passo Artificial; Estimulação Cardíaca Artificial; Avaliação em Enfermagem.

This study aimed to evaluate the quality of life (QOL) of patients after artificial cardiac pacemaker (PM) implantation in a small city of Goiás/Brazil. This is a before-after trial. Twenty-three patients were evaluated before and after PM implantation. The instruments used were AQUAREL and SF-36. Most of patients were female (65%) with a mean age of 64.9 years, and low formal education (43%). The areas of AQUAREL with better QOL were chest discomfort (M = 71.60) and arrhythmia (M=70.87); the lower areas were exercise dyspnea (M = 61.81). Comparing QOL before and after PM implantation according to SF-36, there was significant improvement in the areas: physical functioning, pain, general health and emotional and social aspects. Globally, the results of SF-36 indicated improvement in quality of life after PM implantation. Descriptors: Quality of Life; Pacemaker, Artificial; Cardiac Pacing, Artificial; Nursing Assessment.