Determination of quality of life of patients with pacemakers (pacemakers)

This study has been performed descriptively to investigate the effects of pacemaker patients' quality of life. Study sample is composed of 183 patients with pacemaker and those are admitted to Ankara University Medical Department and Turkey Hıgh Specialization Educatıon and Investigation Hospıtol , between April- June 2008.As data collecting tool, 'Survey Form' including descriptive data about the patients and their disease and 'SF-36 Quality of Life Scala' were used. Survey Form was formed by the researcher. Given data was analysed by using Mann –Whitney U and Kruskal-Wallis. As it is known, care and education are among the task for nursing; therefore it has been recomended that nurses should be employed at cardiac pacemaker policlinics and continuing education and consultancy service should be provided by nurses through means of evaluating the quality of life for patients at regular intervals. As a result of analysis; patients who are men, married, and have a work, hıgh ıncome hav high mean ouality of life point in quality of life fields. According to the results derived from the study, ıt was suggested by researcher. Key Words: Pacemaker, Cardiac pacing, Rhythm disorder, Quality of life, Nursing