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Content validity of the nursing diagnostic Breathing Pattern, Ineffective, in children with congenital heart defects

Validez de contenido del diagnóstico de enfermería Estándar Respiratoria Ineficaz en niños con cardiopatías congénitas

ABSTRACT

Objective:

To estimate the content validity of the nursing diagnostic Breathing Pattern, Ineffective, in children with congenital heart defects.

Method:

Methodological study in two stages: 1) integrative literature review; 2) content validation, with 23 nurses. An instrument with 10 related factors and 21 defining characteristics for data collection was used. The analysis by the evaluators was carried out using the relevance criteria. The Content Validity Index was used. Valid results were those above 0.9 with a Wilcoxon test above 0.05.

Results:

The final proposal incorporates nine from the ten causal factors. From them, five do not belong in the NANDA-I list. Regarding the defining characteristics, they were all considered to be relevant, and five are not among the list of signs and symptoms of the NANDA-I taxonomy.

Conclusion:

The findings of this study include specific elements of the pediatric population with congenital heart defect which are not present in the structure of the diagnostic being studied.

Descriptors:
Nursing Diagnosis; Nursing Process; Nursing Research; Validation Studies; Congenital Heart Defects

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