title: Patients' experiences of daily living with a pacemaker: a grounded theory study.
abstract: The purpose of this study was to examine patients' experiences of daily living with a pacemaker. A total of 13 pacemaker patients (seven women) aged 22-82 (mean = 59.2) years were interviewed. The informants had had a pacemaker from 0.5 to 33 (mean 13.1) years. The grounded theory method was the basis for collection and analysis of the data. The results of the analysis of the semi-structured interviews showed that variations in 'perceived social participation' and 'emotional state', the two core categories, were related to four qualitatively different ways of experiencing daily living after pacemaker implantation.
authors.affiliation: County Hospital Ryhov, Sweden and Jönköping University, Sweden. dan.malm@lj.se
authors.forename: Dan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Malm
authors.forename: Lillemor R-M
authors.initials: LR
authors.lastname: Hallberg
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living / Q000523:psychology*; D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007406:Interview, Psychological; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010138:Pacemaker, Artificial; D011582:Psychological Theory; D011788:Quality of Life / Q000523:psychology; D012649:Self Concept; D012803:Sick Role