Anxiety in patients with permanent cardiac pacemaker aged > 60 years old
| Autor: | Vasileiou, Stella, Iordani, Moschoula Mina, Martinis, Illias, Nikitopoulou, Alexandra, Sakiqi, Jona, Sekeroglou, Eleni, Tsampoula, Ilianna, Dousis, Evangelos |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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| Zdroj: | Health & Research Journal; Τόμ. 6 Αρ. 2 (2020): Volume 6 Issue 2 April-June 2020; 66-76 Health & Research Journal; Vol. 6 No. 2 (2020): Volume 6 Issue 2 April-June 2020; 66-76 |
| ISSN: | 2459-3192 |
| Popis: | Introduction: A cardiac pacemaker is a small implanted device to control abnormal heart rhythms. According to estimates, 3 million individuals worldwide live with an implanted permanent pacemaker (PPM) while about 600 thousand pacemakers are implanted, annually.Purpose: to explore anxiety of pacemaker recipients as well as all the associated demographic and self-reported characteristics.Material and Method: 100 outpatients with PPM were enrolled in the study. Collection of data was performed by the completion of the “Self-rating Anxiety Scale Zung (SAS)” which included patients' characteristics. Results: From the 100 participants 65% were men, 66% were >70 years old, 60% married, 50,5% of primary education and 90% lived in Attica. In terms of anxiety, 50% of recipients scored less than 48 on SAS scale (wide of range: 20-80) indicating mild to low levels of anxiety. Regarding associated factors, anxiety was found to be statistically significantly associated with gender (p= |
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