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Body image changes associated with dual-chamber pacemaker insertion in women.

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Davis, LL; Vitale, KA; Irmiere, CA; Hackney, TA; Belew, KM; Chikowski, AMR; Sullivan, CA; Hellkamp, AS; Schron, EB; Lamas, GA
Published in: Heart Lung
2004

PURPOSE: The study's purpose was to examine body image changes in subjects participating in a long-term multicenter pacemaker trial. METHODS: At study closeout, 383 adults, all of whom had received a dual-chamber pacemaker, completed questionnaires evaluating what effect their pacemaker or pacemaker site and scar had on them or their spouses or significant others. RESULTS: Most reported that their pacemaker did not change the way they or their spouses or significant others felt about their body (73.2% and 93.5%, respectively). Most (87.1%) denied feeling differently because of the pacemaker site and scar. Most were not concerned how their clothes fit or about wearing a swimsuit (92.0% and 90.7%, respectively). Women were more concerned about how the pacemaker site and scar made them feel about their body (P =.001), clothes fitting (P =.002), and wearing a swimsuit (P =.004). Men were more concerned with how their spouses or significant others perceived them postimplantation (P =.021). CONCLUSIONS: Most subjects did not express undue concern about changes in body image.

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Heart Lung

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ISSN

0147-9563

Publication Date

2004

Volume

33

Issue

5

Start / End Page

273 / 280

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Surveys and Questionnaires
  • Patient Satisfaction
  • Pacemaker, Artificial
  • Nursing
  • Middle Aged
  • Humans
  • Female
  • Cicatrix
  • Body Image
  • Aged, 80 and over
 

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Davis, L. L., Vitale, K. A., Irmiere, C. A., Hackney, T. A., Belew, K. M., Chikowski, A. M. R., … Lamas, G. A. (2004). Body image changes associated with dual-chamber pacemaker insertion in women. Heart Lung, 33(5), 273–280. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hrtlng.2004.04.005
Davis, Leslie L., Kimberly A. Vitale, Claudia A. Irmiere, Tina A. Hackney, Kathryn M. Belew, Ann Marie R. Chikowski, Cynthia A. Sullivan, Anne S. Hellkamp, Eleanor B. Schron, and Gervasio A. Lamas. “Body image changes associated with dual-chamber pacemaker insertion in women.Heart Lung 33, no. 5 (2004): 273–80. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hrtlng.2004.04.005.
Davis LL, Vitale KA, Irmiere CA, Hackney TA, Belew KM, Chikowski AMR, et al. Body image changes associated with dual-chamber pacemaker insertion in women. Heart Lung. 2004;33(5):273–80.
Davis, Leslie L., et al. “Body image changes associated with dual-chamber pacemaker insertion in women.Heart Lung, vol. 33, no. 5, 2004, pp. 273–80. Pubmed, doi:10.1016/j.hrtlng.2004.04.005.
Davis LL, Vitale KA, Irmiere CA, Hackney TA, Belew KM, Chikowski AMR, Sullivan CA, Hellkamp AS, Schron EB, Lamas GA. Body image changes associated with dual-chamber pacemaker insertion in women. Heart Lung. 2004;33(5):273–280.
Journal cover image

Published In

Heart Lung

DOI

ISSN

0147-9563

Publication Date

2004

Volume

33

Issue

5

Start / End Page

273 / 280

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Surveys and Questionnaires
  • Patient Satisfaction
  • Pacemaker, Artificial
  • Nursing
  • Middle Aged
  • Humans
  • Female
  • Cicatrix
  • Body Image
  • Aged, 80 and over