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 re- search design was adapted to conduit the study on
80 patients whit 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 them 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
psycho-logical assessment and duration of pacemaker implantation but there was a significant
difference between patients occupation and physical activity.