Knowledge of Nursing Students on Permanent Cardiac Pacemaker and the Quality of Life of Patients With an Implanted Permanent Cardiac Pacemaker

Uvod: Srčana elektrostimulacija jedna je od najsuvremenijih metoda liječenja srčanih aritmija, a medicinska sestra/tehničar kao dio medicinskog tima ima značajnu ulogu u medicinskom zbrinjavanju i poboljšanju kvalitete života bolesnika. Stoga je cjeloživotno učenje i kontinuirano unapređivanje znanja i vještina medicinskih sestara/tehničara tijekom i nakon redovitog školovanja presudno u pružanju kvalitetne medicinske skrbi. Cilj istraživanja je bio usporediti znanja redovnih studenata prve godine prijediplomskog studija Sestrinstva o trajnom srčanom elektrostimulatoru te zbrinjavanju i kvalitetiživota bolesnika s ugrađenim trajnim elektrostimulatorom sa znan-jima studenata druge i treće godine. Materijali i metode: Istraživanje je provedeno na Fakultetu zdravstvenih studija u Ri-jeci anketiranjem studenata. Uzorak istraživanja bili su studenti oba spola, prve, druge i treće godine redovnog preddiplomskog studija Sestrinstva. U istraživanju je sudjelovalo ukupno 90 ispi-tanika. Rezultati ispunjene ankete su u dijelu ispitivanja znanja o elektrostimulatoru te ispitivanju znanja o kvaliteti života bolesnika s trajnom srčanim elektrostimulatorom svrstani u 3 skupine: ne-dovoljno znanje (≤ 9 bodova), srednje znanje (10 do 16 bodova) i zavidno znanje (> 16 bodova). Prikupljeni podaci statistički su obrađeni pomoću računalnog programa Microsoft Excel i Statistica 13.3 (TIBCO Software Inc. Rezultati: U procjeni znanja studenata o trajnoj srčanoj elektrostimulaciji stu-denti svih godina postigli su srednje znanje, bez statistički značajih odstupanja u postignutim bodovima (p=0.41). U dijelu upitnika gdje se procjenjuje znanje studenata o kvaliteti života bolesnika s ugrađenim trajnim srčanim elektrostimulatorom, sve tri studi-jske godine postigle su također podjednake rezultate koji variraju između 15 i 17 bodova (p=0.11). Zaključak: Studenti svih triju godina studija imaju srednje znanje o trajnom srčanom elektrostimulatoru, što je dobra osnova i motiv za daljnje unapređivanje kvalitete nastave, ali i usavršavanje znanja u kasni-jem specijalističkom usavršavanju tijekom radnog vijeka, kako bi se skrb o bolesnicima s trajnim srčanim elektrostimulatorom i njihova kvaliteta života kontinuirano poboljšavala.Introduction: Cardiac electrostimulation is one of the most modern methods of treating cardiac arrhythmias, and the nurse/technician as part of the medical team has a significant role in medical care and improving the patient\u27s quality of life. Therefore, lifelong learning and continu-ous improvement of the knowledge and skills of nurses/technicians during and after regular education is crucial in providing quality medical care. Objective of this research is to compare the knowledge of regular first-year nursing students about permanent heart pace-makers and the care and quality of life of patients with an implanted permanent electrostimulator with the knowledge of second- and third-year students. Materials and methods: The research was conducted at the Faculty of Health Studies in Ri-jeka by surveying students. The research sample was - students of both sexes, first, second and third year of full-time undergraduate studies in Nursing. A total of 90 respondents participated in the re-search. The results of the completed survey in the part of testing knowledge about electrostimulator and testing knowledge about the quality of life of patients with a permanent cardiac pacemaker were classified into 3 groups: insufficient knowledge (≤ 9 points), inter-mediate knowledge (10 to 16 points) and considerable knowledge (> 16 points) . The collected data were statistically processed using the computer program Microsoft Excel and Statistica 13.3 (TIBCO Software Inc.). Results: In the assessment of students\u27 knowledge about permanent cardiac electrostimulation, students of all years achieved average knowledge, without statistically significant deviations in the points achieved (p=0.41). In the part of the questionnaire that assesses students\u27 knowledge about the quality of life of patients with an implanted permanent pacemaker, the students of all three years also achieved equal results, varying between 15 and 17 points (p=0.11). Conclusion: Students of all three years of study have intermediate knowledge about permanent cardiac electrostimulator, which is a good basis and motivation for further improving the quality of teaching, but also improving the knowledge in later specialist training during the working life, in order to continuously improve the care of patients with permanent cardiac pacemaker and their quality of life