Abstract:Objective To probe into the influence of family′s participatory extended nursing on early rehabilitation of home-dwelling patients with permanent pacemaker implantation. Methods From July 2016 to June 2017, 62 patients who had permanent pacemaker implantation and discharged from the Department of Cardiology, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University were collected. All of them were divided into intervention group and control group according to the time of admitting. Patients in the control group received the routine care and the telephone follow-up after discharged, the intervention group received the routine care and family members′ synchronization health education, family members participated in the patient′s extended nursing. After three months, the implementation rate of early exercise and activity ability of operative limb after permanent pacemaker implantation in two groups were compared. Results The implementation rate and activity ability of operative limb of the intervention group were higher than the control group (P < 0.01). Conclusion Family′s participatory extended nursing is beneficial to the recovery of function of home-dwelling permanent pacemaker implantation patients, it can reduce the risk of complication.