Quality of life assessment after artificial cardiac pacemaker

Authors

  • Tais Barbosa Gomes Centro Universitário Unievangélica
  • Lorena Santana Gomes Centro Universitário Unievangélica
  • Izelina Helena de Freitas Antônio
  • Thatiara de Lima Barroso Centro Universitário Unievangélica
  • Agueda Maria Ruiz Zimmer Cavalcante Centro Universitário Unievangélica
  • Marina Morato Stival University of Brasília image/svg+xml
  • Luciano Ramos Lima Centro Universitário Unievangélica

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5216/ree.v13i4.12697

Keywords:

Quality of Life, Pacemaker, Artificial, Cardiac Pacing, Nursing Assessment.

Abstract

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.

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Author Biographies

  • Tais Barbosa Gomes, Centro Universitário Unievangélica
    Discente do curso de graduação em Enfermamagem, Centro Univeristário Unievangélica (Unievangélica). Anápolis, GO, Brasil. E-mail: tbarbosagomes@gmail.com.
  • Lorena Santana Gomes, Centro Universitário Unievangélica
    Discente do curso de graduação em Enfermamagem, Unievangélica. Anápolis, GO, Brasil. E-mail: lorenasantanagomes@hotmail.com.
  • Izelina Helena de Freitas Antônio
    Enfermeira. Anápolis, GO, Brasil. E-mail: izah5@hotmail.com.
  • Thatiara de Lima Barroso, Centro Universitário Unievangélica
    Enfermeira. Anápolis, GO, Brasil. E-mail: thatiara@gmail.com.
  • Agueda Maria Ruiz Zimmer Cavalcante, Centro Universitário Unievangélica
    Enfermeira, Mestre em Enfermagem. Docente, Unievangélica. Anápolis, GO, Brasil. E-mail: enf_agueda@yahoo.com.br.
  • Marina Morato Stival, University of Brasília

    Enfermeira, Mestre em Enfermagem. Professor, Universidade de Brasília. Brasília, DF, Brasil. E-mail: marinamorato@unb.br.

  • Luciano Ramos Lima, Centro Universitário Unievangélica
    Enfermeiro, Mestre em Enfermagem. Docente, Unievangélica. Anápolis, GO, Brasil. E-mail: enframosll@gmail.com.

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Published

2011-12-31

Issue

Vol. 13 No. 4 (2011)

Section

Original Article