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Comparison of three neonatal pain scales during minor painful procedures

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dc.contributor.authorTOPUZOĞLU, AHMET
dc.contributor.authorsUyan, Zeynep Seda; Bilgen, Huelya; Topuzoglu, Ahmet; Akman, Ipek; Ozek, Eren
dc.date.accessioned2022-03-12T17:33:56Z
dc.date.available2022-03-12T17:33:56Z
dc.date.issued2008
dc.description.abstractObjective. There is no single or widely accepted method to define pain in neonates. The aim of this study was to compare three different neonatal pain scales in the estimation of the pain response to minor painful stimuli in healthy term neonates. Method. Thirty healthy neonates were included in the study. Video recordings of infants during heel prick blood sampling were evaluated by two observers according to the Neonatal Infant Pain Scale (NIPS), the Neonatal Facial Coding System (NFCS), and the Douleur Aigu du Nouveau-n (DAN). Crying times of infants were recorded, and the correlation between the three pain scales and crying time was calculated. The pain scores and inter-observer variability were analyzed. Results. The highest correlation between the crying time and each of the three different neonatal pain scales was found for NIPS (r=0.74, p < 0.001), while similar results were found for the DAN scale (r=0.67, p < 0.001) and the NFCS (r=0.67, p < 0.001). Inter-observer variability was similar for the three scales (NFCS r=0.95; DAN r=0.97; NIPS r=0.96). NFCS had a coefficient of variation (CV) of 59.8 +/- 32.2%. The DAN scale and NIPS had similar CV values (41.5 +/- 26.1% and 43.2 +/- 31.6%, respectively), but these values were significantly lower than that of NFCS. Conclusion. All three scales provided comparable results, with a slight difference favoring NIPS. Therefore, NIPS can be used to evaluate pain during minor painful procedures in neonates.
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/14767050802034107
dc.identifier.eissn1476-4954
dc.identifier.issn1476-7058
dc.identifier.pubmed18446656
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11424/228939
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000255435500005
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherTAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
dc.relation.ispartofJOURNAL OF MATERNAL-FETAL & NEONATAL MEDICINE
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.subjectneonate
dc.subjectpain
dc.subjectNeonatal Infant Pain Scale
dc.subjectNeonatal Facial Coding System
dc.subjectDouleur Aigue du Nouveau-ne
dc.subjectSUCROSE
dc.subjectINFANTS
dc.subjectCRY
dc.titleComparison of three neonatal pain scales during minor painful procedures
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oaire.citation.endPage308
oaire.citation.issue5
oaire.citation.startPage305
oaire.citation.titleJOURNAL OF MATERNAL-FETAL & NEONATAL MEDICINE
oaire.citation.volume21
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