Knowledge of professionals from a neonatal intensive therapy unit about the pain in newborn
International Journal of Development Research
Knowledge of professionals from a neonatal intensive therapy unit about the pain in newborn
Received 01st December, 2018; Received in revised form 22nd January, 2019; Accepted 14th February, 2019; Published online 29th March, 2019
Copyright © 2019, Helenice Freitas et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Objective: to describe the knowledge of health professionals related to the newborns care from a Brazilian Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). Method: A quantitative study carried out with a total number of health professionals (n=36) working in a NICU. A questionnaire was applied with sociodemographic and knowledge questions about the management of neonatal pain. A descriptive analysis was performed, and the chi-square test was applied. Results: It was verified that most of the professionals have a noted knowledge about: neonatal pain, the propulsive clinical interventions, assessment, recording and management of the pain, and their answers are very similar (p>0.05). The variables that expressed divergences of opinion were related to the interventions that can cause pain with higher knowledge coming from professionals with post-graduation in neonatology, for the last two variables (p<0.05). Conclusion: It is concluded that professionals have knowledge about pain and its management in neonates. It is necessary to implement a protocol and continuous professional training for good clinical practices of pain management.
