This is a methodological development study which aims to validate an educational handbook for self-care among women with mastectomies, using the theoretical stage of the Pasquali model. The data collection took place from May to June of 2006 in two methodological periods: 1st) content analysis by 14 judges; and 2nd) semantic analysis by 9 women with mastectomies. The questionnaires used were organized according to Likert with items distributed in block and analyzed through descriptive statistics. The validation proposal was satisfactory for the analysis of the evaluators, for the majority of the answers received adequate concepts, not presenting disagreement in either evaluation. As to the parameter of 80% agreement among the concepts, 14 items reached the proposed goal, 4 had limiting indexes and 4 were below the parameter. We consider that the validated handbook can contribute to health promotion, prevention of complications, development of abilities of their users, and favor nursing autonomy and motivation in order to create new technologies extracted from praxis.
Educational technology; Validation studies; Nursing care; Breast neoplasms
