Adaptation and validation of the EVENDOL scale to assess pain in neonates in Portuguese language.

Background: EVENDOL scale (from the French Evaluation Enfant Douleur) is used to evaluate pain in children in any situation covering a wider age group than other pain scales (birth up to seven years). This study aimed to evaluate pain in hospitalized newborns, to adapt and validate the EVENDOL to Brazilian Portuguese.

Study Design: Cross-sectional, cross-cultural adaptation and validation study in a convenience sample from a tertiary hospital, Brazil.