ArticleJournal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association2020
A survey of procedural pain assessment and non-pharmacologic analgesic interventions in neonates in Spanish public maternity units.
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- Through Parents' Eyes: Reframing Neonatal Pain Assessment Through Lived Experience.Paediatric & neonatal pain · 2026Article
- The EVENDOL Pain Scale Validation for Acute Non-Procedural Neonatal Pain in Term Neonates: Reliability and Validity in Maternity Wards.Paediatric & neonatal pain · 2025Article
- Current practices in neonatal pain management: a decade after the last Italian survey.Italian journal of pediatrics · 2025Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo qualify and quantify clinical practices related to pain assessment and non-pharmacologic analgesia (NPA) in newborns in Spanish public maternity hospitals STUDY
designWe surveyed providers online regarding their use of pain assessment scales, NPA interventions in neonates undergoing procedures, as well parents' presence or absence during interventions.
resultsThe number of painful procedures and the subjective grading of pain from the responding physicians were similar in all hospitals. Only 12.5% of hospitals used pain scales. No NPA was employed in 37.7% of procedures, with less NPA used in the lower complexity hospitals for venous extraction (p < 0.001) and gastric lavage (p = 0.001). Respondents reported parents' absence during 56.1% of procedures.
conclusionsAvailable pain assessment scales and NPA interventions to mitigate pain are being underused. The presence of the parents during painful interventions is low despite the evidence that this may help to reduce newborns' perception of pain.
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