Cultural Adaptation and Validation of the Premature Infant Pain Profile-Revised (PIPP-R) Pain Measurement Scale: Research Protocol

Autor: Irene Núñez-López, Laura Collados-Gómez, Raquel Abalo, Patricia Martínez-Pérez, Álvaro Moreno-Vicente, María-Gema Cid-Expósito
Přispěvatelé: Instituto de Investigación Hospital 12 de Octubre, European Commission, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Banco Santander
Rok vydání: 2022
Předmět:
Popis: Introduction: The main objective of this study is to validate the PIPP-R scale (Premature Infant Pain Profile-Revised) for measuring neonatal pain in the Spanish hospital setting. Materials and Methods: The original scale will be translated from English into Spanish and a consensus translation will be prepared by the research team, which will be back-translated from Spanish into English. The content validity of the Spanish version of the scale will be measured using the Delphi method. Subsequently, a multicenter observational study will be conducted to assess construct validity, internal consistency, and intra-observer and inter-observer agreement. Pain will be assessed by comparing scores for a specific non-painful procedure with those for a specific painful procedure. The sample will include 300 subjects in intensive care and intermediate care units, who will be equally distributed among the participating hospitals. The subjects will be stratified into three groups by gestational age. Discussion: The original version of the PIPP-R scale is useful for objectively assessing neonatal acute and procedural pain from a gestational age of 25 weeks and over. It is important to culturally adapt the original validated scale and to test its validity and reliability in the Spanish healthcare context. The results of this study may represent significant progress in pain management.
The authors would like to thank the nursing team and all the members of staff at the 12 de Octubre Neonatal University Hospital for their participation. We are also grateful to the Hospital 12 de Octubre Research Institute (imas12) for its support. We would also like to thank Dr Pallás, Esther Cabañes, and Patricia Melchor for their feedback. RICORS is funded by the Recovery, Transformation, and Resilience Plan 2017–2020, the ISCIII, and the European Union-Next Generation EU (ref. RD21/0012/0009). R.A. ́s research is supported by the Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation, and Universities (PID2019-111510RB-I00), the Rey Juan Carlos University, Banco Santander (Call COVID-19, 2020), and the Spanish Gastroenterology Association (AEG, Call 2021).
Databáze: OpenAIRE