Development of a booklet as an educational technology for birth pain relief

Abstract

Objective

To describe the construction and validity of an educational booklet on non-pharmacological methods for labor and birth pain relief.

Methods

This is a methodological study, carried out in three stages. In the first, a bibliographic survey was carried out to select the contents related to the theme. In the second stage, validity was carried out with 24 content judges and three technical judges. In the third stage, there was validity by the target audience, with 30 pregnant women. The study took place from September to November 2018. The Office spreadsheet editor was used for data analysis.

Results

The level of agreement attributed by the content and technical judges was between 97.2% and 98.9% and between 83.3% and 100%, respectively. The overall Content Validity Index was 0.92 and 0.97, respectively. In the assessment carried out with the Suitability Assessment of Materials, the content judges classified the booklet as “superior”, with an average of 85.2%, and the technicians, with an average of 77.5%. The target audience validated the booklet with an overall Content Validity Index of 0.98 and an agreement level of 99.7%.

Conclusion

The educational booklet proved to be valid for use with pregnant women, being considered innovative and relevant educational technology for use in prenatal consultation.

Labor pain; Normal birth; Educational technology; Validation studies; Patient education