In recent years, clinical studies have shown that the most effective method of treatment to reduce the incidence of sudden cardiac death in patients at increased risk of malignant arrhythmias is to provide the patient with an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD). Complications associated with the transvenous implanted system, especially lead disorders and systemic infections, and have led to the development of a so-called subcutaneous defibrillator, which is thought to minimize these complications. Despite the medical benefits of implantable defibrillator treatment, which is generally well accepted by patients, anxiety, depression, and deterioration in their quality of life have been reported in clinical trials examining patients' psychopathology and quality of life after defibrillator implantation. Methodology: The objective of the diploma thesis was to find out which group of patients better assesses the quality of life depending on the type of implanted defibrillation device (ICD and S-ICD). For the purposes of the survey, the method of quantitative research was chosen in the form of its own questionnaire survey. The questionnaire contained a total of seventeen questions in which patients evaluated quality of life in five areas. Patients who met the following criteria were included in...
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:nusl.cz/oai:invenio.nusl.cz:447376 |
| Date | January 2021 |
| Creators | Gabrišková, Markéta |
| Contributors | Jankovcová, Kateřina, Kulhavá, Miluše |
| Source Sets | Czech ETDs |
| Language | Czech |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | info:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesis |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess |
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