The goal of this study was to compare the acute myocardial infarction (AMI) pain between diabetic and non diabetic patients. A sample of 80 AMI patients was divided in two groups, with and without diabetes mellitus (DM), being 29% diabetic and 71% non diabetic patients. The patients with DM said they had no pain (p<0.05) and gave lower scores for pain when compared with patients without DM. There was a significant difference between average scores for pain among diabetic and non diabetic patients (p<0.001). In conclusion, the diabetic patients presented no pain or diminished pain when compared with patients without diabetes.
diabetes mellitus; myocardial infarction; pain; diabetic neuropathies
