Based on Behavioural Change
  • Neonatal Facial Coding System (NFCS)
  • Infant Body Coding System (IBCS)
  • Neonatal Infant Pain Scale (NIPS)
  • Pain assessment in Neonates (PAIN)
  • Liverpool Infant Distress Scale (LIDS)
  • Modified Behavioural Pain Scale
  • Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Pain Scale (CHEOPS)
  • Neonatal assessment of Pain Inventory (NAPI)
  • Behavioural pain score
  • Clinical scoring systemCombination of physiological and behavioural changes
  • CRIES (i.e., crying, change in transcutaneous oxygen saturation, heart rate, blood pressure, facial expression and alteration in sleep pattern).
  • Pain Assessment Tool (PAT)
  • Premature Infant Pain Profile (PIPP)
  • Scale for Use in Newborns (SUN)
  • COMFORT Score