Validación de una escala de valoración del dolor neonatal para el manejo postquirúrgico en la Unidad de Cuidados Intermedios Neonatales en el Hospital de niños Dr. Roberto Gilbert Elizalde.

Abstract

Background: The recognition of pain in neonates hospitalized in Intermediate Care Units is necessary, prevention, evaluation and treatment strategies must be created, among which is the use of Pain Assessment Scales, for which this study was It is based on creating a valid and reliable instrument for the management of post-surgical neonates in which the specific treatment is determined according to the score obtained. Objectives: To determine the content validity, establish reliability, relate the degree of pain obtained with the treatment received, in addition to disseminating the scale with the medical personnel in charge of the area. Methodology: It is a quantitative, experimental, prospective, cross-sectional, analytical study, the study population being post-surgical neonates from the Neonatal Intermediate Care Unit, who meet the inclusion criteria. Applying the content validity coefficient by expert opinion Hernández Nieto, reliability is assessed with the Cronbach's Alpha coefficient of the SPSS 25 statistical system, carrying out a pilot test to assess the degree of pain and the therapeutics used, in addition to the diffusion of the use of the scale. Results: with the content validity coefficient by experts Hernández Nieto, 0.82 has been obtained, reliability reaches 0.88, the first-line drug administered is 65.8% in neonates with moderate pain, no severe pain was found. Conclusions: The proposed neonatal evaluation scale is valid and reliable for its application.