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Patients’ Experiences of Daily Living with a Pacemaker

A Grounded Theory Study

Dan Malm

County Hospital Ryhov, Sweden and Jönköping University, Sweden, dan.malm{at}lj.se

Lillemor R.-M. Hallberg

Halmstad University, Sweden

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.

Key Words: daily living • grounded theory • pacemaker

Journal of Health Psychology, Vol. 11, No. 5, 787-798 (2006)
DOI: 10.1177/1359105306066642
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