420096

Self-care management behaviors for patients with permanent pacemaker and activities of daily living efficiency

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Last updated: 27 Apr 2025

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Medical Surgical Nursing

Abstract

Background: Implanting a permanent pacemaker is a life-saving technique that has grown in popularity recently. Patients can maximize the benefits of a permanent pacemaker implantation through acquiring self-care management skills to integrate into daily activities. Aim: The purpose of the study was assessing self-care management behaviors for patients with permanent pacemaker and activities of daily living efficiency. Design: A descriptive design was utilized. Setting:  This study was carried out at a cardioverter-defibrillator clinic at Elnasr Specialized Hospital in Port-Said city. Sample: A purposive sample. Tool: the data was gathered through three tools; first tool was the Patients' interview sheet. Second tool was self-management behaviors for patient with permanent pacemaker. Third tool was Barthel Index of activities of daily living. Result: According to the current study's findings, 73.4% of the patients in the study had unsatisfactory level of maintaining a permanent pacemaker's effectiveness. While the total of daily activities for the study participants were 16.7±1.35. Conclusion: The current study revealed that the low level of self-care management behaviors for patients after implantation. While the level of activities of daily living remained stable. Recommendations: A pamphlet will be provided to all patients with a permanent pacemaker as part of an ongoing home care program to improve their knowledge and habits around the device.

DOI

10.21608/pssjn.2025.354583.1344

Keywords

activities of daily living, Permanent pacemaker, Self-care management

Authors

First Name

Dina

Last Name

elsaka

MiddleName

elsaka ibrahim

Affiliation

Assist.lecturer of medical-surgical nursing, Faculty of nursing, port said university

Email

dr_dinaelsaka@nur.psu.edu.eg

City

port said

Orcid

0009-0002-4268-4124

First Name

Hayat

Last Name

Mohamed

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

assist.prof.of Medical Surgical nursing - Faculty of Nursing - Port Said University

Email

smsmahmed_72@ymail.com

City

-

Orcid

-

First Name

El Saida

Last Name

Boghdady

MiddleName

Gamal

Affiliation

assist.prof.Medical Surgical Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Port Said University, Port Said, Egypt

Email

elsaidagamal@nur.psu.edu.eg

City

-

Orcid

-

First Name

Eman Saleh

Last Name

Shahin

MiddleName

Mohamed

Affiliation

Prof. of medical surgical nursing, Faculty of nursing, port said university.

Email

eman.shahin@nur.psu.edu.eg

City

Port Said

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-

Volume

12

Article Issue

1

Related Issue

54802

Issue Date

2025-03-01

Receive Date

2025-01-21

Publish Date

2025-03-31

Page Start

134

Page End

155

Print ISSN

2356-8658

Online ISSN

2682-3241

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https://pssjn.journals.ekb.eg/article_420096.html

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420,096

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Original Article

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866

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Publication Title

Port Said Scientific Journal of Nursing

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https://pssjn.journals.ekb.eg/

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Self-care management behaviors for patients with permanent pacemaker and activities of daily living efficiency

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Created At

09 Apr 2025