Construction and validation of an educational booklet on care for children with gastrostomy

Abstract

Objectives: to describe the process of construction and validation of an educational booklet on care for children with gastrostomy, directed to caregivers. Methods: a methodological study developed in five stages: bibliographic survey; situational diagnosis; illustration, layout, design and text construction; expert validation and Flesch-Kincaid Readability calculation; validation with the target audience. Content Validity Index and Suitability Assessment of Materials were applied for expert analysis. Results: the Content Validity Index obtained overall score of 0.93. In the Suitability Assessment of Materials score, the booklet scored 85.2%. It presented a satisfactory readability percentage, with an overall score of 72%, and was consistent with caregivers’ assessment in the validation with the target audience, considering the explanatory technology, important and adequate. Conclusions: the developed educational booklet was considered valid for use by caregivers, thus contributing to the maintenance of best practices in care for children with gastrostomy.

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“…Considering the items assessed by the expert judges, the booklet was successfully validated. Nursing has excelled in conducting methodological studies on the production of educational material similar to this study, with satisfactory statistical indexes, such as an investigation that validated a booklet on care for children with gastrostomy with a global CVI of 0.93 by the judges (14) and a booklet for HIV/AIDS prevention in elders, which was validated with an agreement level ranging from 0.78 to 1.0 among the items assessed, presenting an overall CVI of 0.90 (28) .…”

“…Using printed educational technologies is a viable alternative for health information, and may open new paths for health promotion through the participation of the population in a shared construction of knowledge. Furthermore, educational technologies allow patients and their family members to read later, which reinforces verbal guidelines, serving as a guide in cases of doubts and assistance in making daily decisions (14) .…”

“…Nurses are constantly challenged to seek options that offer them support to work with people, groups and communities, with educational technologies as strong allies in this process. However, for these professionals to use this tool effectively, they need to be validated (14) .…”

Validação de cartilha educativa para a promoção de conforto de familiares da pessoa no intraoperatório

“…A construção e validação de cartilha educativa é considerada importante para promover informações e conforto para familiares que aguardam seus entes no tratamento realizado em instituição de saúde. O uso de tecnologias educacionais impressa, como é o caso da cartilha educativa, é considerada uma ferramenta viável para educação em saúde, pois permite a oferta de informações pertinentes para a população, capaz de sensibilizá-las (Rodrigues et al, 2020).…”

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“…Outro estudo que avaliou a vaidade da cartilha "Cuidado de criança com Gastrostomia", os familiares concordaram em 100%, que as ilustrações do material educativo estavam adequadas. 19 Assim, as ilustrações do material aliadas ao conteúdo demonstram-se como elementos importantes para a composição de um material educativo, haja vista que, promove a compreensão da temática proposta, além dessa despertar o interesse pela leitura.…”