Validation of educational technology for care in hemodialysis

• Autor(a) principal: Medeiros, Jemima Rafaela Rodrigues de
• Data de Publicação: 2016
• Outros Autores: Lima, Maria Alzete de, Araújo, Larissa Lucena de, Galiza, Francisca Tereza de, Felipe, Gilvan Ferreira, Caetano, Joselany Áfio
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC)
• Texto Completo: http://www.repositorio.ufc.br/handle/riufc/23171
• topic: Enfermagem; Estudo de Validação; Hemodiálise

Objective: to validate an educational technology for chronic renal patients under hemodialysis. Method: an evaluation study about the use of a printed booklet. For the validation feature of the educational material, considering deficiency in theoretical framework turned to the object of study, it was opted the process analysis. The sample consisted of 62 patients aged over 18 years old, undergoing hemodialysis. Data were entered in Excel 2010 and processed in SPSS version 20.0. Results: 69.4% were male, 33.9% never studied and 46.8% attended incomplete elementary school; there was a predominance of treatment time of two years, with an average of ± 5 years. Educational technology was considered valid, because it obtained a number greater than about 70% concordance adequacy. Highlighting the style of writing, 190 fully adequate and 167 adequate, all participants rated the appearance of the material as appropriate, 365. Conclusion: it can be used as a source in actions for self-management of the disease, thus increasing the possibility of formation of individual awareness for supported self-care; it can also be used as additional support instrument to the continued care process.