Quantitative Paper Critique

Quantitative Paper Critique Two

“Pain relief effect of breast feeding and music therapy during heel lance for healthy-term neonates in China” is a study focusing on the pain relief effect of breast feeding and music therapy in neonates in China during heel lancing. This paper offers an overall critique on various portions of the paper, including utilization of sampling plans and design, data collection methods, research design, data analysis, and discussion of limitations and implications of the study.

Sampling Plans

The population of focus in “Pain relief effect of breast feeding and music therapy during heel lance for healthy-term neonates in China” included neonates born with a gestational age of at least 37 weeks, with five minute APGAR scores of seven or higher, and a weight between 2000 and 4000 grams. Additionally, the neonates had passed a hearing screen, were undergoing heel lancing for routine metabolic screening, were being breastfed, and had not been fed for the past

NIPS is a validated scale used to assess procedural pain in babies. This scale is described by the authors as being judged based on the observation of six indicators of pain: movement of arms, movement of legs, breathing batterns, crying, facial expression, and arousal. The final record is a number between zero and seven, with seven indicating severe pain (Zhu et al, 2015, p. 367). Additionally, during review of the videos, the research assistants recorded latency to first cry and duration of first cry. Latency of first cry was defined by the authors as the duration between heel puncture and start of crying, and duration of first cry was defined as being from the start of crying until the infant had stopped crying for greater than five seconds (Zhu et al, p. 367). Overall, the instruments and data collection methods used in this study are adequately described and appropriate for the interventions being