• Denise Harrison, Catherine Larocque, Jessica Reszel, JoAnn Harrold, and Cheryl Aubertin.
• Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario (Drs Harrison and Harrold and Ms Aubertin), School of Nursing, University of Ottawa (Dr Harrison and Ms Larocque), Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute (Mss Larocque and Reszel), Better Outcomes Registry & Network (BORN) Ontario (Ms Reszel), and The Ottawa Hospital (Dr Harrold), Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
• Adv Neonatal Care. 2017 Oct 1; 17 (5): 372-380.

BackgroundBreastfeeding (BF), skin-to-skin care (SSC), and sucrose effectively reduce babies' pain during newborn blood work, but these strategies are infrequently used. Our team developed a parent-targeted video intervention showing the effectiveness of the 3 pain management strategies.PurposeTo evaluate neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) parents' (1) baseline knowledge and previous use of BF, SSC, and sucrose for procedural pain management; (2) intention to advocate/use BF, SSC, or sucrose for their infants' future blood work after viewing the video; (3) intention to recommend the video to other parents; and (4) perceptions of the video and identify areas for improvement.MethodsCross-sectional survey of parents in an NICU.ResultsFifty parents were enrolled: 33 mothers and 17 fathers. More than two-thirds (68%) of parents had prior knowledge of analgesic effects of sucrose; knowledge of SSC and BF as pain-reduction strategies was lower: 44% and 34%, respectively. Eighty-six percent of parents felt the video was the right length; 7 (14%) felt the video was too long. After viewing the video, 96% of parents intended to advocate for BF, SSC, or sucrose for pain management and 88% parents would recommend the video to other parents.Implications For PracticeThe video is acceptable to parents, is feasible to deliver to parents in an NICU, and has potential to increase parents' intent to advocate for pain management strategies for their infants.Implications For ResearchFuture studies are required to evaluate the effectiveness of this parent-targeted intervention on increasing actual use of pain management in clinical practice.

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