Longitudinal study on quality of life during postoperative 6 months in patients with implanted cardiac pacemaker
Objective To investigate the change trend of quality of life(QOL)during postoperative 6 months in the patients with implanted cardiac pacemaker(PM)in order to provide a basis for the medical staff to implement the targeted nursing measures.Methods A prospective study design was used.The stratified sampling was adopted to select 252 inpatients with PM implantation in the cardiology department of a class 3A hospital in Guizhou Province as the respondents.The pacemaker patient quality of life measuring scale(QLIP-Pv1.0)was used to conduct the survey on the patients at discharged,in 1,3,6 months after PM implantation.Results There were statistically significant differences in the physical function,general cognitive function,psychological function,social function and total score of QLIPPv1.0 among different measuring times(P<0.001).By using LSD afterwards pairwise comparison,the scores of physical function,general cognitive func-tion and total score were:6 months after implantation>3 months after implantation>1 month after implantation>discharge day(P<0.05),the scores of psychological function and social function were:6 months after implantation,3 months after implantation,1 month after implantation>discharge day(P<0.05),6 months after implantation>3 months after implantation(P<0.05).The QLIPPv1.0 scores at post-operative different times in the patients with implanted PM were different and showed the constantly ascend-ing trend with time passing.For each additional measurement,the QLIPPv1.0 score was increased by 6.527 points(β=6.527,P<0.001).QOL of the patients with PM implantation was affected by many factors,inclu-ding marital status,educational level,employment status,family monthly income and pacemaker type.Conclu-sion QOL of the patients with PM implantation shows the dynamic change over time.The psychological function and social support in 1-3 months after implantation could not be ignored.Medical staff could take the targeted intervention measures according to the changing characteristics and influencing factors during dif-ferent periods.
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