Bmc Pediatr
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Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical Trial
Healthcare professionals' perceptions of pain in infants at risk for neurological impairment.
To determine whether healthcare professionals perceive the pain of infants differently due to their understanding of that infant's level of risk for neurological impairment. ⋯ Professionals provided with visual information regarding an infants' pain during a procedure did not display the belief that infants' level of risk for neurological impairment affected their pain experience. Professionals' estimates of the effectiveness of a nonpharmacological intervention did differ due to level of risk.