• Natália Alves Menegol, RibeiroSimone Nascimento SantosSNSInstituto de Previdência dos Servidores do Estado de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil., Rodrigo Okubo, Anilsa Suraya Gaspar Franscisco Gulonda, ... more Anelise Sonza, Dayane Montemezzo, and Luciana Sayuri Sanada. less
• Department of Physical Therapy, Santa Catarina State University, Florianópolis, SC, Brazil.
• Pain Manag Nurs. 2022 Aug 1; 23 (4): 559-565.

ObjectivesThe objective of this systematic review was to identify and describe the psychometric properties of neonatal pain scales that were translated into Brazilian Portuguese and to verify the methodological quality of these translation, transcultural adaptations and validation.DesignThe present study is a systematic review. A systematic search in the literature included studies of development, validation, and transcultural adaptation of neonatal pain scales to Brazilian Portuguese. The instruments must have been developed for health care professionals to evaluate neonatal pain and stress in full-term and preterm newborns.Data SourcesThe search strategy was conducted in PubMed, Web of Science, Scopus, and Scielo databases following The PRISMA guidelines (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses). REVIEW /ANALYSIS METHODS: A total of 1,479 publications were identified and 5 fulfilled the inclusion criteria, with 4 instruments evaluated. For the methodological quality analysis of the measurement properties of the instruments the Consensus-based Standards for Health Measurement Instruments (COSMIN) Risk of Bias checklist was used. The psychometric properties verified were internal consistency, content validity, reliability, and construct validity.ResultsThree instruments reviewed were inadequate and one was doubtful.ConclusionsThe neonatal pain scales wich were cross culturally adapted to Brazilian Portuguese were shown to be of low methodological quality based on COSMIM checklist. Caution should be considered for clinical decisions about pain management judgment coming from these instruments.Copyright © 2021 American Society for Pain Management Nursing. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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