The EVENDOL Pain Scale Validation for Acute
Non-Procedural
Neonatal Pain in Term Neonates:
Reliability and Validity in Maternity Wards
Lucie Calamy1 | Elisabeth Fournier-Charrière2 | Patricia Martret2 | Patricia Cimerman2 | Claire Boithias3 | Thierry Debillon4 |
Ricardo Carbajal5,6 | Bruno Falissard7 | Elizabeth Walter-Nicolet1,6
1Medicine and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Saint Joseph Hospital, Paris, France | 2Paediatric Pain Centre, Trousseau Hospital, Assistance Publique
– Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France | 3Pediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Bicêtre Hospital, Assistance Publique – Hôpitaux de Paris, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre,
France | 4Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, University Hospital of Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble, France | 5Paediatric Emergency Department, Trousseau
Hospital, Assistance Publique – Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France | 6INSERM, U1153, Epidemiology and Statistics Sorbonne Paris Cité Research Center,
Obstetrical, Perinatal and Pediatric Epidemiology Team, Paris, France | 7AP-HP,
INSERM U1178, University Paris-Sud,
University Paris-Descartes, Paris, France
Correspondence: Elizabeth Walter-Nicolet
([email protected])
Received: 18 December 2024 | Revised: 16 April 2025 | Accepted: 26 May 2025
Funding: This study was supported by the APICIL foundation (https:// fonda tion-apicil.
org/ ). Dr Elizabeth Walter-Nicolet
was the prize winner of the call
for proposals launched by the Apicil foundation for paediatric or neonatal pain. This 25 000€ price allowed us to recruit a research nurse for a 6 months
period.
Keywords: acute non-procedural
pain | EVENDOL | maternity wards | term neonates