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To evaluate the incidence of pain, to confirm the criteria approved for pain alleviation through the first seven days of hospitalization and to recognise the prevalence and type of invasive methods to which newborns are submitted.
Pain during the neonatal period may result in
physiological, behavioral and neurological alterations. Literature still shows
lack of knowledge regarding the assessment and management of pain and also the
available analgesics are not sufficient for the treatment during this period. Therefore,
results of this cross-sectional study revealed that the newborns are usually
exposed to pain and the deficiency of pharmacological or non-pharmacological
interventions toughen the undertreatment of this condition.
To evaluate the incidence of pain, to confirm the
criteria approved for pain alleviation through the first seven days of
hospitalization and to recognise the prevalence and type of invasive methods to
which newborns are submitted.
A total of 177 hospitalizations out of 188 selected for
the analysis. Charts were utilised to collect the associated information and
Neonatal Infant Pain Scale along with nursing notes suggestions of pain were
used to determine the presence of pain. The Statistical Package for the Social
Sciences was employed to perform statistical analysis.
According to the nursing note or pain scale adopted,
there was at least one report of pain in 50.3% of the hospitalizations. The
newborns went through a mean of 6.6 invasive methods per day. Only 32.5% of the
pain reports appeared in the selection of pharmacological or non-pharmacological
approaches to alleviate pain.
Newborns are commonly exposed to pain, and
pharmacological or non-pharmacological approaches with the low frequency
strengthen the undertreatment of this situation.
Rev Lat Am Enfermagem. 2017; 25: e2931.
Assessment and management of pain in newborns hospitalized in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: a cross-sectional study
Natália Pinheiro Braga Sposito et al.
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