Abstract
Background: Over 1.3 million patients worldwide have permanent cardiac pacemakers (PPM). Patients with PPM, in the first to third months after implantation, still report problems with physical activity (PA), such as limitations in their lives, jobs, and exercise, inability to perform activities as before, and decreased PA.
Objectives: This study aimed to investigate the PA of patients with PPM and identify factors (age, perceived self-efficacy, perceived benefits, perceived barriers, social support, and health literacy) related to the PA of patients with PPM.
Methods: This descriptive-correlational study included 110 male and female patients with PPM from three tertiary hospitals in Bangkok, Thailand, and was conducted using a multistage sampling technique. Descriptive statistics, Pearson's product-moment correlation, and Spearman’s rank-order correlation were used to analyze the data.
Results: The average PA score of the PPM patients was 6.8 (SD = 2.3). Perceived self-efficacy (r = 0.448, p = 0.01), perceived benefit (Spearman rho = 0.339, p = 0.01), social support (Spearman rho = 0.217, p = 0.05), and health literacy (Spearman rho = 0.459, p = 0.01) were positively related to PPM patients’ PA. Aged and perceived barriers were negatively related to the PPM patient's PA (Spearman rho = - 0.467 and r = - 0.312, p = 0.01).
Conclusions: Nurses should encourage patients with PPM to achieve better outcomes regarding perceived self-efficacy, perceived benefits, social support, and health literacy to increase their PA. Additionally, older patients with PPM and those with negatively perceived barriers should be motivated to increase their PA.
DOI
10.56808/2673-060X.5407
Recommended Citation
Phruksahiran, Priyaporn and Ua-kit, Noraluk
(2024)
"Factors related to physical activity of patients with permanent cardiac pacemaker,"
Chulalongkorn Medical Journal: Vol. 68:
Iss.
3, Article 3.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.56808/2673-060X.5407
Available at:
https://digital.car.chula.ac.th/clmjournal/vol68/iss3/3