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ArticleDiagnostics (Basel, Switzerland)2023

Video-Based versus On-Site Neonatal Pain Assessment in Neonatal Intensive Care Units: The Impact of Video-Based Neonatal Pain Assessment in Real-World Scenario on Pain Diagnosis and Its Artificial Intelligence Application.

Xiaofei Chen, Huaiyu Zhu, Linli Mei, Qi Shu, Xiaoying Cheng, Feixiang Luo, Yisheng Zhao, Shuohui Chen, Yun Pan

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Article in Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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5citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
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3 · Its place in the literature

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Artificial intelligence in pediatric pain: a systematic review.BMC medical informatics and decision making · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

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9 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Xiaofei ChenGastroenterology Department, The Children's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, National Clinical Research Center for Child Health, Hangzhou 310052, China.
Huaiyu ZhuCollege of Information Science and Electronic Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China.ORCID 0000-0001-6918-4088
Linli MeiAdministration Department of Nosocomial Infection, The Children's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, National Clinical Research Center for Child Health, Hangzhou 310052, China.
Qi ShuAdministration Department of Nosocomial Infection, The Children's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, National Clinical Research Center for Child Health, Hangzhou 310052, China.
Xiaoying ChengQuality Improvement Office, The Children's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, National Clinical Research Center for Child Health, Hangzhou 310052, China.
Feixiang LuoNeonatal Intensive Care Unit, The Children's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, National Clinical Research Center for Child Health, Hangzhou 310052, China.
Yisheng ZhaoCollege of Information Science and Electronic Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China.ORCID 0000-0002-0763-3658
Shuohui ChenAdministration Department of Nosocomial Infection, The Children's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, National Clinical Research Center for Child Health, Hangzhou 310052, China.
Yun PanCollege of Information Science and Electronic Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China.ORCID 0000-0002-9335-4291
Children's Hospital of Zhejiang University · CNZhejiang University · CN

Funding

Zhejiang Provincial Key Research and Development Program of China 2021C03027Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China LGF20H040008Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China LQ21F010016
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundNeonatal pain assessment (NPA) represents a huge global problem of essential importance, as a timely and accurate assessment of neonatal pain is indispensable for implementing pain management. PURPOSE: To investigate the consistency of pain scores derived through video-based NPA (VB-NPA) and on-site NPA (OS-NPA), providing the scientific foundation and feasibility of adopting VB-NPA results in a real-world scenario as the gold standard for neonatal pain in clinical studies and labels for artificial intelligence (AI)-based NPA (AI-NPA) applications.

settingA total of 598 neonates were recruited from a pediatric hospital in China.

methodsThis observational study recorded 598 neonates who underwent one of 10 painful procedures, including arterial blood sampling, heel blood sampling, fingertip blood sampling, intravenous injection, subcutaneous injection, peripheral intravenous cannulation, nasopharyngeal suctioning, retention enema, adhesive removal, and wound dressing. Two experienced nurses performed OS-NPA and VB-NPA at a 10-day interval through double-blind scoring using the Neonatal Infant Pain Scale to evaluate the pain level of the neonates. Intra-rater and inter-rater reliability were calculated and analyzed, and a paired samples

resultsThe intra-rater reliability of the same assessor was 0.976-0.983 across different times, as measured by the intraclass correlation coefficient. The inter-rater reliability was 0.983 for single measures and 0.992 for average measures. No significant differences were observed between the OS-NPA scores and the assessment of an independent VB-NPA assessor. The different label sources only caused a limited accuracy loss of 0.022-0.044 for the three AI methods.

conclusionVB-NPA in a real-world scenario is an effective way to assess neonatal pain due to its high intra-rater and inter-rater reliability compared to OS-NPA and could be used for the labeling of large-scale NPA video databases for clinical studies and AI training.

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inter-rater variabilityneonatal intensive care unitsneonatal nursingneonatal pain assessmentpain management

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