Technology for self-care for ostomized women's sexual and reproductive health

a methodological study was performed with a focus on the construction and validity of a printed booklet. The content of this booklet was validated by 11 specialist judges/nurses, according to a Content Validity Index (CVI) equal to or higher than 0.80. Appearance was validated by nine ostomized women, according to an assessment of the difficulty and convenience of the educational material.

Results:

the booklet was validated by specialists, with an overall mean CVI equal to 0.87. Moreover, the target population showed 100% of agreement in terms of the adequacy of organization, writing style, appearance and motivation of this booklet.

Conclusion:

the educational technology in question was validated according to content and appearance, thus representing an adequate, reliable and easily understandable resource to acquire knowledge about self-care for ostomized women's sexual and reproductive health.

Descriptors:
Ostomy; Women; Validity Study; Self-care; Sexual and Reproductive Health

Assessed items		Scores^* * Scores: CA = completely agree; A = agree; NAND = Neither agree nor disagree; D = disagree; CD = completely disagree; (N=11)					I-CVI^ I-CVI = Item-Level Content Validity Index;
		CA	A	NAND	D	CD
1. Objective
1.1	Coherence between information and the promotion of self-care	5	5	1	0	0	0.90
1.2	Scientifically accurate information	3	7	0	1	0	0.90
1.3	Information promotes changes in behavior and attitude	5	6	0	0	0	1.00
1.4	Meets the ostomized women’s needs for information	4	6	1	0	0	0.90
1.5	Meets different socio-cultural levels	4	5	1	1	0	0.81
	Subtotal	21	29	3	2	0
	Percentage of agreement (S-CVI/AVE^* ***** S-CVI/Ave = Scale-Level Content Validity Index/Average Calculation Method. )				90.2% (0.90)
2. Structure and presentation
2.1	Clarity and objectivity of language	5	3	1	2	0	0.72
2.2	Logic in the sequence of ideas	5	5	0	1	0	0.90
2.3	Agreement and orthography	3	7	0	1	0	0.90
2.4	Font size and type	4	3	1	2	1	0.63
2.5	Colors and layout	4	4	2	1	0	0.72
2.6	Coherence between illustrations and content	6	4	0	1	0	0.90
2.7	Number of illustrations	5	5	0	1	0	0.90
2.8	Arouses interest in reading the material	5	6	0	0	0	1.00
2.9	Number of pages	4	6	1	0	0	0.90
	Subtotal	41	43	5	9	1
	Percentage of agreement (S-CVI/AVE^* ***** S-CVI/Ave = Scale-Level Content Validity Index/Average Calculation Method. )				84.1% (0.84)
3. Relevance
3.1	Relevance for dissemination in the scientific environment	5	6	0	0	0	1.00
3.2	Proposes construction of knowledge	6	5	0	0	0	1.00
3.3	Meets the needs for health care for sexual and reproductive health	5	3	3	0	0	0.77
	Subtotal	16	14	3	0	0
	Percentage of agreement (S-CVI/AVE^* ***** S-CVI/Ave = Scale-Level Content Validity Index/Average Calculation Method. )				90.6% (0.90)

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[1] CORRESPONDING AUTHOR: Andressa Ferreira L. L. Albuquerque. E-mail: andressa.leite_enf@yahoo.com