“…There is a great deal of knowledge available today about the technical performance of pacemakers and the biophysical life of pacemaker patients (Brunner-La Rocca, Rickli, Weilenmann, Duru, & Candinas, 2000), but more information is needed regarding these individuals' own experiences of their life situation. Knowledge about the life situation of patients with pacemakers is largely based on measures using different life quality instruments from the perspective of the researcher (Malm, Svensson, Karlsson, & Fridlund, 2003). Beery, Sommers and Hall (2002) show in their qualitative study that the confidence female pacemaker patients have in pacemaker treatment is partially due to emotional feelings regarding the pacemaker.…”