What is the definition of acute episodic and chronic pain in critically ill neonates and infants? A global, four-stage consensus and validation study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To define and validate types of pain in critically ill neonates and infants by researchers and clinicians working in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) and high dependency unit (HDU).

Design

A qualitative descriptive mixed-methods design.

Procedure/s

Each stage of the study was built on and confirmed the previous stages. Stage 1 was an expert panel to develop definitions; stage 2 was a different expert panel made up of neonatal clinicians to propose clinical characteristics associated with the definitions from stage 1; stage 3 was a focus group of neonatal clinicians to provide clinical case scenarios associated with each definition and clinical characteristics; and stage 4 was a survey administered to neonatal clinicians internationally to test the va

SUBMITTER: Ilhan E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8915348 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature