title: [Pain assessment scales in newborns: integrative review].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To analyze studies on methods used to assess pain in newborns.
  
  
  METHODS
  Integrative review study of articles published from 2001 to 2012, carried out in the following databases: Scopus, PubMed, CINAHL, LILACS and Cochrane. The sample consisted of 13 articles with level of evidence 5.
  
  
  RESULTS
  29 pain assessment scales in newborns, including 13 one-dimensional and 16 multidimensional, that assess acute and prolonged pain in preterm and full-term infants were available in scientific publications.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Based on the characteristics of scales, one cannot choose a single one as the most appropriate scale, as this choice will depend on gestational age, type of painful stimulus and the environment in which the infant is inserted. It is suggested the use of multidimensional or one-dimensional scales; however, they must be reliable and validated.
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC), Fortaleza, CE, Brasil.
authors.forename: Gleicia Martins
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: de Melo
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC), Fortaleza, CE, Brasil. Electronic address: aninhanurse@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Ana Luíza Paula de Aguiar
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Lélis
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC), Fortaleza, CE, Brasil.
authors.forename: Alline Falconieri
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: de Moura
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC), Fortaleza, CE, Brasil.
authors.forename: Maria Vera Lúcia Moreira Leitão
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Cardoso
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC), Fortaleza, CE, Brasil.
authors.forename: Viviane Martins
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: da Silva
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D010147:Pain Measurement / Q000379:methods*
keywords: Dor; Medição de dor; Newborn; Pain; Pain measurement; Recém‐nascido