Practical applicability of a booklet on peripheral venipuncture: a study with relatives of hospitalized children

• Autor(a) principal: Silva, Cleonara Sousa Gomes e
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Outros Autores: Santos, Sarah Almeida, Passos, Silvia da Silva Santos, Santos, Silvone Santa Barbara da Silva, Santos, Luciano Marques dos
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por; eng
• Título da fonte: Revista de Enfermagem da Universidade Federal de Santa Maria
• Texto Completo: http://periodicos.ufsm.br/reufsm/article/view/43349
• topic: Family; Pediatric nursing; Child; hospitalized; Educational technology; Catheterization; peripheral; Família; Criança Hospitalizada; Tecnologia Educacional.; Terapia Intravenosa

Objective: to verify the practical applicability of the booklet “Peripheral venipuncture for family” with the accompanying relatives of children hospitalized in a pediatric hospital in the interior of Bahia. Method: prospective study conducted with 44 family members, from July to October 2016. Twenty-three items were evaluated, categorized into language, illustration, layout and motivation. For data analysis, absolute and relative frequencies were performed, adopting as a desirable consensus the values above 70% of agreement. Also, the Flesch Readability Test was applied to verify the comprehension of the text of the booklet. Results: the booklet presented practical applicability with satisfactory evaluation of the participants, obtaining more than 70% of approval in all variables evaluated and reaching a level of readability of 70%. Conclusion: the booklet can be used as a tool to promote care for family members of children undergoing peripheral intravenous catheterization.