Validity and reliability of ALPS-Neo pain and stress assessment scale in newborns

Purpose:the aim of this study is to determine the validation and reliability of the turkish version of alps-neo pain and stress assessment scale for newborn infants. materials and methods: this study is a methodological research. 51 newborns, treated and cared at neonatal intensive care unit, were included in the study. data were collected by newborn information form, alps-neo pain and stress assessment scale, neonatal infant pain scale (nips). the scale was assessed in terms of language and content validity, concurrent validity, internal consistency, the inter-reliability among the observers. results: content validity index of scale was between 0,90 and 1,00; cronbach alpha value was between 0,70 and 0,81. results of the item analysis indicated that item-total correlations were satisfactorily high. for the concurrent validity found there was a positive strong correlation between the scores of the alps-neo and nips. according to kappa analysis it was determined to be agreement between the observers. conclusion: alps-neo was confirmed to be a valid and reliable tool.