Analysis of Variance of Diabetic Neuropathic Pain Interference, Intensity and Hypertension Types in Ghana

Abstract Diabetic Neuropathic Pain (PDN) is the most prevalent chronic complication of diabetes and affects 30–90% of patients with adjuvant complications. Hypertension has been found to increase the risk of long-term vascular complications of Type 2 diabetes mellitus which includes peripheral sensory diabetic neuropathic pain. However, the relationship between Diabetic Neuropathic Pain Interference, Intensity and Hypertension types among Type 2 Diabetes has not been extensively investigated. This study investigates the relationship between hypertension PDN intensity interference and pain intensity. The research design was a cross-sectional descriptive design. A sample of 125 participants was systematically selected for the study A demographic questionnaire and the Brief Pain Inventory for Painful Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy was used to collect the data. ANOVA was used to determine whether there is an association, between the hypertension types and PDN pain intensity and interference. The study concluded that there was no relationship between Hypertension types and PDN intensity and interference. The study further discovered that whether a patient had normal hypertension, pre-hypertension, stage 1 hypertension, or Stage 2 hypertension, they felt equal pain.