This review highlights the psychosocial challenges and educational needs of patients living with an ICD, emphasizing the role of health professionals in supporting their quality of life.
Psychosocial support merits clinician attention in ICD care; leaves open optimal interventions pending prospective trials.
This article aims to examine quality of life issues for the implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) patient, increase our understanding of the psychosocial issues for ICD patients, and identify their educational and counselling needs. It also explains how to recognise the psychological issues specific to those living with an ICD. It examines the important role health professionals have in supporting ICD patients and strategies to maintain good quality of life.
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Eftekhari et al. (2013) studied this question.