Construction and validation of self-care educational technology for caregivers

Abstract

Objectives: to build and validate educational self-care technology for informal caregivers. Methods: methodological study, anchored in the Delphi technique, carried out in a municipality in the state of Paraná, Brazil, between September 2018 and November 2019. It was developed in three stages: situational diagnosis; elaboration of educational technology; content and appearance validation by expert judges and informal caregivers, using the content validity index and coefficient of variation. Results: after the steps of the methodological process, an educational technology called “Taking Care of Those Who Care” was produced, as an information tool that deals with the self-care of informal caregivers, receiving a content validity index above 0.86 and a variation coefficient. below 20% on all items. Conclusions: the educational technology was built and evaluated with satisfactory rates by the specialists and target audience, showing a high correlation of agreement, characterizing it as adequate and informative to informal caregivers.

Nursing Checklist of Home Care Guidelines for Informal Caregivers in the Hospital Discharge Transition

“…Although this booklet focuses on the informal caregiver in both instruments, it is entirely dedicated to providing care to the caregiver. In the present study, on the other hand, the caregiver assumes the role of the protagonist in the care of patients who depend on technology and complex care, with a checklist to help nursing professionals to train them in home care (30).…”