Eyes on Newborns: How NICU Staff's Attention and Emotions Shape Neonatal Pain Assessment.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Assessing pain in neonates is crucial for their management but is inherently subjective. This study investigated the effects of visual attention, gaze patterns, and empathic responses of neonatal healthcare professionals on their assessments of neonatal pain.

Methods

Conducted at the Department of Neonatology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, we employed eye-tracking to monitor staff's responses to videos depicting neonates experiencing non-noxious thermal, brief noxious, and prolonged noxious stimuli. Videos were presented in two formats: full body view, providing contextual information, and face-only view, lacking contextual details. Pain assessments were measured using a Faces Pain Rating Scale (FPRS), exploring the impacts of contextual cues, profe

SUBMITTER: Deindl P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11789839 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature