Head and neck cancer: validation of a data collection instrument

methodological study consisting of four steps. The first step consisted in the preparation of the instrument using databases and the theoretical model of Marjory Gordon. In the second and third steps the content was validated by eight nursing judges. The evaluation used the Content Validity Index (CVI). The fourth step consisted in a pilot test with seventeen HNC patients.

Results:

of the 88 questions formulated and organized on the dimensions of structure and process submitted to validation, items with CVI lower than 0.80 were excluded. The final instrument was composed of 56 items, with global CVI calculated as 0.87.

Conclusion:

the final instrument presented content validity for data collection in head and neck clinic.

Descriptors:
Validation Studies; Nursing; Nursing Care; Head and Neck Neoplasms; Hospital Outpatient Clinic

Domains	Items of the instrument	CVI^* * Content Validity Index;
Health Promotion	1. Complaint	0.88
	2. Summary/Current disease	1.00
	3. Clinical/personal/family/oncology history	0.88
	4. Knowledge about disease/treatment	1.00
	5. Medicines (those they know they use)	0.88
	6. Compliance with current treatment (if any) and way of adherence	0.88
	7. Are there side effects of the medication? Which ones?	1.00
	8. Smoking/alcohol use/drug use	1.00
	9. Allergies	0.88
Nutrition	10. Weight/Height/BMI^ Body mass index.	1.00
	11. Recent change in weight	1.00
	12. Type of diet, volume and interval of enteral diet	0.88
	13. Mastication	0.88
	14. Dental prosthesis	0.88
	15. Swallowing	1.00
	16. Nausea	0.88
	17. Vomit	0.88
	18. Fluid intake	1.00
	19. Recent tests and their results	0.88
Elimination and Exchange	20. Urinary elimination	1.00
	21. Intestinal elimination	1.00
	22. Skin integrity	1.00
	23. Drain	1.00
	24. Elimination-related devices	1.00
Activity/Rest	25. Physical limitation	1.00
	26. Motor strength	1.00
	27. Requires help to	1.00
	28. Caregiver/Degree of kinship	0.88
	29. Habit of exercise	1.00
	30. Pulmonary propaedeutics	1.00
	31. Cardiovascular propaedeutics	1.00
	32. Sleep/Rest	1.00
	33. Has self-care deficit?	1.00
Perception/Cognition	34. Level of consciousness	0.88
	35. Impaired speech	1.00
	36. Impaired memory	0.88
	37. Reads/Writes	0.88
	38. Pain, type of pain, pain location, how long has had the pain, degree of pain (with the scale used), and drug treatment for pain	0.88
	39. Sight/Hearing/Taste/Smell	1.00
	40. How do you feel about your health problem?	0.88
	41. Did you notice any change of mood after the treatment?	0.88
Roles/Relationship	42. Marital status	1.00
	43. Most important responsibilities in the current life situation	0.88
	44. Financial support	0.88
Sexuality	45. Sexual activity	1.00
	46. Physical or disease-related difficulties for sex	0.88
	47. Women/Gynecologic history	0.88
	48. Men/Urologic history	0.88
Coping/Tolerance to stress	49. Family system support for problems	0.88
Life Principles	50. Spirituality/Religion	0.88
	51. If not, do you have a belief or faith to help deal with the problems?	1.00
	52. How would you like to be helped	1.00
Safety/Protection	53. Peripheral venous catheter/Central venous catheter/Surgery incision/Tracheostomy	0.88
	54. Use of diuretic medications, vasodilators, anxiolytics, benzodiazepines	0.88
	55. Temperature in the last 24 hours	1.00
		0.88

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[1] CORRESPONDING AUTHOR: Andrea Bezerra Rodrigues. E-mail: andreabrodrigues@gmail.com