Nutritional status and quality of life of patients after pacemaker implantation

Sikora Kamil, Wawryniuk Agnieszka, Łuczyk Robert Jan, Łuczyk Marta. Nutritional status and quality of life of patients after pacemaker implantation. Journal of Education, Health and Sport. 2021;11(5):131-137. eISSN 2391-8306. DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.12775/JEHS.2021.11.05.013 https://apcz.umk.pl/czasopisma/index.php/JEHS/article/view/JEHS.2021.11.05.013 https://zenodo.org/record/4876306 The journal has had 5 points in Ministry of Science and Higher Education parametric evaluation. § 8. 2) and § 12. 1. 2) 22.02.2019. © The Authors 2021; This article is published with open access at Licensee Open Journal Systems of Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Poland Open Access. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author (s) and source are credited. This is an open access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non commercial license Share alike. (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/) which permits unrestricted, non commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited. The authors declare that there is no conflict of interests regarding the publication of this paper. Received: 15.05.2021. Revised: 21.05.2021. Accepted: 30.05.2021. Nutritional status and quality of life of patients after pacemaker implantation Kamil Sikora1, Agnieszka Wawryniuk2, Robert Jan Łuczyk2, Marta Łuczyk3 1Chair of Internal Medicine and Department of Internal Medicine in Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Medical University of Lublin 2Institute of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medical Sciences and Health Sciences, Siedlce University of Natural Sciences and Humanities 3Department of Oncology, Department of Oncology and Environmental Health Care, Faculty of Health Sciences, Medical University of Lublin Summary Introduction. Nutritional status is one of the factors determining the quality of life of patients. However, there are few reports on the correlation between nutritional status and quality of life in the group of patients with implanted cardiac pacing system. Purpose of research. The aim of the study was to assess the impact of nutritional status on the quality of life of patients with implanted pacemakers. Material and methods. 100 patients after pacemaker implantation, hospitalized at the cardiology clinic and treated at the SPSK 4 cardiology clinic in Lublin were examined. Standardized research tools were used - the WHOQOL-Bref questionnaire to assess the quality of life and the shortened scale to assess the nutritional status (MNA-SF). The results of the obtained research are summarized in the statistical analysis. Results. The average result of the respondents obtained in the MNA scale was 11.86 points with a standard deviation of 2.26. The nutritional status of the most of respondents (61%) was normal. In the studied group 35% were at risk of malnutrition, while 4% were malnourished. Statistically significant relationships between the nutritional status and quality of life were demonstrated in all domains. If the nutritional status of the respondents was better, their overall quality of life was higher, as well as their self-assessment of health. Conclusions. The overall assessment of the nutritional status of the studied patients is within the normal ranges. Nutritional status has an impact on the quality of life of respondents after pacemaker implantation in all QoL domains. High quality of life conform to the correct assessment of the nutritional status in the most of the studied patients. Key words: quality of life; pacemaker; assessment; nutritional statu