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- Title
Evaluación del dolor neonatal y opinion de los profesionales sobre el uso de un sistema automático para su valoración.
- Authors
Casanovas-Marsal, Josep-Oriol; García-Martínez, Montserrat
- Abstract
Objective: to understand the characteristics of the evaluation of neonatal pain in Neonatal Intensive Care Units (NICUs) and the opinion of professionals about the use of an automatic assessment system. Method: a cross-sectional study (2017). Population: NICU nurses and doctors from Spanish hospitals. Data collection through online questionnaire which included variables of the professional profile, frequency of pain assessment, evaluation scale used, training received, difficulties perceived to assess pain, opinion about pain evaluation and about the use of an automatic assessment system. Descriptive statistical analysis; jamovi 1.2.7® program. Results: there were 133 answers: 83.5% were women, with a mean age of40 (9.43) years. 88% from tertiary level hospitals; 44.1 % were Nursing professionals, and 72% with >6 years' experience at the NICU. Of these respondents, 66.9% assessed pain according to the status of the newborn, 29.3% with a scale specific to the unit, 72.6% considered that there was a subjective component in the assessment, 48.1% did not receive any training to assess pain. An automatic system was regarded as useful by 93.2%, but for 36.1 % it would not be reliable, and 23.3% reckoned that an automatic system could not replace human perception. Conclusions: no protocol by consensus was applied for pain assessment in newborns, there was variability, sometimes it was not measured due to lack of time, and when it was measured, data could be subjective. The majority considered that the use of an automatic pain assessment system could be useful, although some doubted its reliability due to lack of knowledge of the technology currently applied.
- Subjects
SPAIN; PAIN diagnosis; HOSPITALS; NEONATAL intensive care; ATTITUDES of medical personnel; CROSS-sectional method; NEONATAL intensive care units; TERTIARY care; QUESTIONNAIRES; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; PEDIATRIC nursing; PSYCHOSOCIAL factors; PEDIATRICIANS; ANALYTICAL chemistry techniques; DATA analysis software; PAIN management; CHILDREN
- Publication
Metas de Enfermería, 2022, Vol 25, Issue 4, p59
- ISSN
1138-7262
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.35667/MetasEnf.2022.25.1003081923