Table 3. Frequency and type of intervention for pain relief according to type of record. São Paulo, SP, Brazil, 2013-2014.
| Type of record | Type of intervention | No intervention | Total | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pharmacological | Non-pharmacological | Pharmacological and non-pharmacological | ||||||||||
| n | % | n | % | n | % | |||||||
| NIPS* | ||||||||||||
| Score 1 to 3 | 13 | 14.8 | 2 | 2.3 | - | - | 73 | 82.9 | 88 | |||
| Score 4 to 7 | 1 | 7.15 | 1 | 7.15 | - | - | 12 | 85.7 | 14 | |||
| Nursing note | ||||||||||||
| Crying | 2 | 7.4 | 1 | 3.7 | - | - | 24 | 88.9 | 27 | |||
| Agitation | 15 | 65.2 | - | - | 1 | 4.4 | 7 | 30.4 | 23 | |||
| Expression of pain | 4 | 80.0 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 20.0 | 5 | |||
| Crying + agitation | 11 | 19.6 | 6 | 10.7 | 2 | 3.6 | 37 | 66.1 | 56 | |||
| Agitation + expression of pain | 3 | 100.0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | |||
| NIPS* + nursing note | ||||||||||||
| Score 1 to 3 | 7 | 50 | 2 | 14.3 | - | - | 5 | 35.7 | 14 | |||
| Score 4 to 7 | 3 | 42.8 | 2 | 28.6 | 1 | 14.3 | 1 | 14.3 | 7 | |||
| Total | 59 | 24.9 | 14 | 5.9 | 4 | 1.7 | 160 | 67.5 | 237 | |||
*NIPS: Neonatal Infant Pain Scale.