Quality of life as an individuals, perception of his/ her position in life in the context of the
culture and value systems in which he/she lives and in relations to their goals expectations
standards and concerns. This study was the first geographical location which helps such group of
patients to describe changes in quality of life of patients with chronic heart failure undergoing
permanent artificial pacemaker. Descriptive research design was adapted to conduit the study on 80
patients with pacemaker implantation in coronary catheterization lab., at Assiut University
Hospital. A structural interview sheet was developed for data collection to assess the quality of life
among patients with permanent pacemaker. The Tool content modified was done and translated into
Arabic by researchers. Descriptive statistics calculated were frequency, percentage, chi-square and
p-value. In the present study the patients characteristics, regarding age the majority of patients were
in the age between 40-65 years although the majority of them were female and unskilled. 93.75% of
total study patients were living in the rural areas 53.75% of them reported it as less than 6 months
but 46.25% of them as more than 6 months. No significant relation was observed between patients
education and self-concepts, although between patients psychological assessment and duration of
pacemaker implantation but there was a significant difference between patients occupation and
physical activity.