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ABSTRACT
Introduction: The number of patients with pacemaker implant is increasing in the
health services sector in Malaysia, which requires nurses to have expertise in
patient care with pacemaker implantation. Therefore, this study was conducted to
analyse the level of knowledge among nurses regarding the management of patients
with pacemaker implantation.
Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted through purposive sampling
among all nurses working at the critical care unit, intensive care unit, cardiac
rehabilitation ward, investigation clinical laboratory, and non-invasive clinical
laboratory in a public hospital in Kelantan. A questionnaire consisted of
demographic data and nurses’ knowledge was distributed. Data were analysed for
descriptive analysis and using Pearson correlation test.
Results: Results from all respondents (n=70), show 48.6 % of the respondents had
moderate knowledge about patient management with pacemaker implantation,
32.9 % had a low level of knowledge and only 13.6% had high knowledge regarding
management of patient with pacemaker implantation. There is a significant
difference between the level of knowledge and demographic data, that is between
the level of education (p=0.027), age (p=0.011) and length of service (p=0.015).
There is no significant relationship between knowledge and demographic data,
such as gender (p=0.481), marital status (p=0.315), and post-basic (p=0.067).
Conclusion: Level of knowledge among nurses about the management of patient
with pacemaker implantation is low to moderate. Additional education and
exposure among nurses are needed to enhance the knowledge of nurses and
improve the quality of care among patients with pacemaker implant