Construction and validation of an educational booklet on care for children with gastrostomy - Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem

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.