Resumen

MILLAN, EILLEN MARYIBE  y  DIAZ H, LUZ PATRICIA. Experience of thoracic pain in women with myocardial infarction. av.enferm. [online]. 2009, vol.27, n.2, pp.25-32. ISSN 0121-4500.

These are the results of the research " Experience of thoracic pain in women with myocardial infarction" . It is a phenomenological qualitative study aimed at knowing the experience of thoracic pain among women who have suffered acute myocardial infarction. It was carried out with nine women whose mean age was 52, mostly housewives, personally interviewed by the researcher. Interviews were carried out using the in depth system, being the fundamental basis of the study, accounts of experiences related to the phenomenon under study. This study identified elements that constitute the experience of thoracic pain in women during the infarction, described according to personal perspectives of each woman interviewed. Results of the pain experience now permit one to describe the experience as complex, frightening, with nuances given by previous instances and experiences, as well as accompanied by fears of having the possibility of dying, which constitute physical, psychological and emotional realms in a woman's life.

Palabras clave : chest pain; women; myocardial infarction.

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