Table 1 Patients' perceptions of permissible activities after pacemaker implantation
From: Pacemaker patients' perception of unsafe activities: a survey
Question Asked | Patient Response | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Yes N (%) | No N (%) | Don't know N (%) |
Can patients travel in an automobile? | 85 (91.4) | 8 (8.6) | - |
Can patients drive an automobile? | 59 (63.4) | 26 (28) | 8 (8.6) |
Can patients bathe and swim? | 92 (98.9) | 1 (1.1) | - |
Can patients climb stairways? | 67 (72) | 26 (28) | - |
Can patients bend over as in prayers? | 58 (62.4) | 34 (36.6) | 1 (1.1) |
Can patients pass through metal detectors? | 19 (20.4) | 29 (31.2) | 45 (48.4) |
Can patients sleep on the side of the pacemaker? | 65 (69.9) | 28 (30.1) | - |
Can patients move the arm on the side of their pacemaker? | 75 (80.6) | 18 (19.4) | - |