The influence of gestational age in the psychometric testing of the Bernese Pain Scale for Neonates

• Main Authors: Karin Schenk (Author), Liliane Stoffel (Author), Reto Bürgin (Author), Bonnie Stevens (Author), Dirk Bassler (Author), Sven Schulzke (Author), Mathias Nelle (Author), Eva Cignacco (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Assessing pain in neonates is challenging because full-term and preterm neonates of different gestational ages (GAs) have widely varied reactions to pain. We validated the Bernese Pain Scale for Neonates (BPSN) by testing its use among a large sample of neonates that represented...