“…Researchers have carried out experiments, and even a scoping review that describes the validity of SC based on past research 4 and so, in this article, we find an overview of SC and its comparison with another pain scale. Recent studies have reported a significant relationship between SCM and Neonatal Infant Pain Scale (NIPS) 19,22,30 , Neonatal Facial Coding System (NFCS) 22,26 , Premature Infant Pain Profile-Revised (PIPP-R) 28 , Bernese Pain Scale for Neonates (BPSN) 17 , Comfort-b 15 , Prechtl Scale 17 , Newborn Individualized Developmental Care and Assessment Program (NIDCAP) 20,29 , Acute Pain in Newborn (APN) score 5 and crying time. However, there are variations of previous studies report related similarity of SCM with other physiological and behavioural pain tools.…”