Introduction. Patient’s acceptance of his health condition, or lack of it, is a very important factor influencing a quality of life. Aim. The aim of this research was evaluation of the quality of life of patients with peacemakers. Material and methods. 72 patients who underwent peacemaker grafting surgery took part in the research. In order to collect the research data author’s owes questionnaire was used. It asked respondents, who had peacemaker implanted, to subjectively evaluate different aspects of life. An analysis of the results was conducted using the SPSS Statistics programme. Results. Research proved that for 38.9% of patients quality of life was significantly improved after the implantation surgery. The procedure itself did not have any impact on employment activities for half (50%) of the respondents, while 41.7% had to reduce them. Cultural aspect of life was improved in 33.3% of respondents. Nearly all of them evaluated their health as good (91.7%). Only 8.3% thought it was bad. Support from family and friends was received by nearly all of the respondents (94.4%). There was statistically very important correlation between the age of a patient and pain which interfere with his functioning at a workplace(p = 0.003) and everyday life (p = 0.004). Results. There is a correlation between the age of a patient with the peacemaker and quality of life after the procedure. Pain more often influenced employment activities and everyday life of younger patients when compared with the older ones. Peacemaker implantation had positive impact on respondents’ employment and everyday life. Patients evaluated their current health as good. Overall, respondents’ quality of life has improved.

Key words: quality, peacemaker, implantation.