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CONSTRUCTION AND VALIDATION OF A NURSING CONSULTATION TOOL FOR PEOPLE WITH HEMOPHILIA

ABSTRACT

Objective:

to construct and validate a nursing consultation instrument for people with hemophilia.

Method:

methodological study conducted from February 2017 to February 2018, in a hematology reference service in Northeast Brazil. The Delphi technique was used for validation, by three groups of nurse judges (n=29): hemophilia specialists (n=nine) from nine blood centers in the country; Hematology Residency (n=eight); Service Nurses (n=12). Inter-rater agreement was checked by Likert scale and Fisher’s exact test.

Results:

89.6% had no difficulty in understanding the instrument. As for the degree of relevance, the characteristics ‘credibility’ and ‘scientificity’ showed higher percentages of extremely relevant (90%). Fisher’s exact test was significant in the degree of satisfaction of ‘clarity of statements’ (p<0.05).

Conclusion:

the instrument was considered valid, providing autonomy, technical support, and ethical support to the nurse, contributing to the improvement of the quality of care.

DESCRITORES
Office Nursing; Validation Study; Hemophilia A; Hemophilia B; Protocol

RESUMO

Objetivo:

construir e validar um instrumento de consulta de enfermagem para pessoas com hemofilia.

Método:

estudo metodológico realizado de fevereiro de 2017 a fevereiro de 2018, em um serviço referência de hematologia do Nordeste do Brasil. Utilizou-se a técnica Delphi para validação, por três grupos de enfermeiras juízas (n=29): Especialistas em hemofilia (n=nove) de nove hemocentros do país; Residência em Hematologia (n=oito); Enfermeiras do Serviço (n=12). A concordância entre as juízas foi verificada por escala Likert e teste exato de Fisher.

Resultados:

89,6% não apresentaram dificuldade para compreender o instrumento. Quanto ao grau de relevância, as características ‘credibilidade’ e ‘cientificidade’ apresentaram maiores percentuais de extremamente relevante (90%). O teste exato de Fisher foi significativo no grau de satisfação de ‘clareza das afirmações’ (p<0,05).

Conclusão:

o instrumento foi considerado válido, proporcionando autonomia, apoio técnico e respaldo ético ao enfermeiro, contribuindo na melhoria da qualidade da assistência.

DESCRITORES
Enfermagem no Consultório; Estudo de Validação; Hemofilia A; Hemofilia B; Protocolo

RESUMEN

Objetivo:

construir y validar un instrumento de consulta de enfermería para personas con hemofilia.

Método:

estudio metodológico realizado de febrero de 2017 a febrero de 2018, en un servicio de referencia de hematología del Nordeste de Brasil. Para la validación se utilizó la técnica Delphi, por parte de tres grupos de enfermeras jueces (n=29): Especialistas en hemofilia (n=nueve) de nove hemocentros del país; Residencia en Hematología (n=ocho); Enfermeras del Servicio (n=12). La concordancia entre las jueces se verificó mediante la escala Likert y la prueba exacto de Fisher.

Resultados:

89,6% não apresentaram dificuldade para compreender o instrumento. Quanto ao grau de relevância, as características ‘credibilidade’ e ‘cientificidade’ apresentaram maiores percentuais de extremamente relevante (90%). O teste exato de Fisher foi significativo no grau de satisfação de ‘clareza das afirmações’ (p<0,05).

Conclusión:

o instrumento foi considerado válido, proporcionando autonomia, apoio técnico e respaldo ético ao enfermeiro, contribuindo na melhoria da qualidade da assistência.

DESCRIPTORES
Enfermagem no Consultório; Estudo de Validação; Hemofilia A; Hemofilia B; Protocolo

INTRODUCTION

Hemophilia is a rare, genetic, bleeding disorder with recessive inheritance linked to the X chromosome. It is characterized by a deficiency or abnormality in the coagulation activity of factor VIII (hemophilia A) or factor IX (hemophilia B). From a clinical point of view, hemophilia A and B are similar, presenting with hemorrhagic conditions depending on the plasma levels of the deficient factor. Hemophilia can be classified as severe, when the circulating factor level is less than 1%; moderate, between 1% and 5%; and mild, from 5% to 40% (11 Srivastava A, Brewer AK, Mauser-Bunschoten EP, Key NS, Kitchen S, Llinas A, et al. Guidelines for the management of hemophilia. Haemophilia. [Internet]. 2013 [acesso em 04 jul 2019]; 19(1). Disponível em: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2516.2012.02909.x.
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-22 Scott MJ, Xiang H, Hart DP, Palmer B, Collins PW, Stephensen D, et al. Treatment regimens and outcomes in severe and moderate haemophilia A in the UK: the Thunder study. Haemophilia. [Internet]. 2019 [acesso em 04 jul 2019]; 25(2). Disponível em: http://doi.org/10.1111/hae.13616.
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).

In 2017, Brazil (n=12,432) had the world’s fourth largest population of Persons with Hemophilia (PwH), behind India (n=18,966), the United States (n=17,750) and China (n=14,390), and it is the most prevalent disease among hereditary coagulopathies (33 World Federation of Hemophilia. Annual Global Survey 2017 [Internet]. Montreal; 2018 [acesso em 08 ago 2019]. Disponível em: http://www1.wfh.org/publications/files/pdf-1714.pdf.
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).

The nursing consultation (NC) is a fundamental part of PwH care, being considered an important technological strategy that offers numerous advantages in the care provided (44 O’Shea E, Coughlan M, Corrigan H, McKee G. Evaluation of a nurse-led haemophilia counselling service. Br J Nurs. [Internet]. 2012 [acesso em 17 jul 2019]; 21(14). Disponível em: http://doi.org/10.12968/bjon.2012.21.14.864.
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-55 Khair K, Chaplin S. What is a nurse-led service? A discussion paper. J Haem Pract. [Internet]. 2017 [acesso em 04 jul 2019]; 4(1). Disponível em: http://doi.org/10.17225/jhp00100.
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). In this context, the nurse is one of the main protagonists of care, because he/she provides health education to the patient and family members (11 Srivastava A, Brewer AK, Mauser-Bunschoten EP, Key NS, Kitchen S, Llinas A, et al. Guidelines for the management of hemophilia. Haemophilia. [Internet]. 2013 [acesso em 04 jul 2019]; 19(1). Disponível em: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2516.2012.02909.x.
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,44 O’Shea E, Coughlan M, Corrigan H, McKee G. Evaluation of a nurse-led haemophilia counselling service. Br J Nurs. [Internet]. 2012 [acesso em 17 jul 2019]; 21(14). Disponível em: http://doi.org/10.12968/bjon.2012.21.14.864.
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5 Khair K, Chaplin S. What is a nurse-led service? A discussion paper. J Haem Pract. [Internet]. 2017 [acesso em 04 jul 2019]; 4(1). Disponível em: http://doi.org/10.17225/jhp00100.
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-66 Khair K, Abu-Riash M, Acerbi AC, Beijlevelt M, Floros G, Li K, et al. Haemophilia nursing practice: a global survey of roles and responsibilities. J Haem Pract. [Internet]. 2016 [acesso em 20 jul 2019]; 3(2). Disponível em: http://doi.org/10.17225/jhp00078.
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), provides training for self-infusion of the factor at home (77 Polinski JM, Kowal MK, Gagnon M, Brennan TA, Shrank WH. Home infusion: safe, clinically effective, patient preferred, and cost saving. Healthc (Amst). [Internet]. 2017 [acesso em 08 jul 2019]; 5(1-2). Disponível em: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.hjdsi.2016.04.004.
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8 Santaella ME, Bloomberg M, Anglade D. Home infusion teaching practices at federally funded hemophilia treatment centers in the United States of America. Res Pract Thromb Haemost. [Internet]. 2017 [acesso em 08 jul 2019]; 1(1). Disponível em: http://doi.org/10.1002/rth2.12020.
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-99 Lock J, Raat H, Peters M, Scholten M, Beijlevelt M, Oostenbrink R, et al. Optimization of home treatment in haemophilia: effects of transmural support by a haemophilia nurse on adherence and quality of life. Haemophilia. [Internet]. 2016 [acesso em 17 jul 2019]; 22(6). Disponível em: http://doi.org/10.1111/hae.13043.
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), monitors treatment progress, improving quality and safety, including treatment adherence (99 Lock J, Raat H, Peters M, Scholten M, Beijlevelt M, Oostenbrink R, et al. Optimization of home treatment in haemophilia: effects of transmural support by a haemophilia nurse on adherence and quality of life. Haemophilia. [Internet]. 2016 [acesso em 17 jul 2019]; 22(6). Disponível em: http://doi.org/10.1111/hae.13043.
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-1010 Schrijvers LH, Schuurmans MJ, Fischer K. Promoting self-management and adherence during prophylaxis: evidence-based recommendations for haemophilia professionals. Haemophilia. [Internet]. 2016 [acesso em 13 jun 2019]; 22(4). Disponível em: http://doi.org/10.1111/hae.12904.
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).

To ensure the reliability of nursing care through safe procedures based on scientific evidence, it is essential to build protocols. There are established principles for the construction and validation of care protocols, such as a clear definition of the focus, the intended population, who performs the actions, the literature review strategy, analysis of the evidence used, the form of peer validation, implementation strategies, and the construction of expected results (1111 Conselho Regional de Enfermagem de São Paulo. Guia para construção de protocolos assistenciais de Enfermagem [Internet]. São Paulo: COREN-SP; 2017 [acesso em 08 ago 2019]. Disponível em: http://www.coren-sp.gov.br/sites/default/files/Protocolo-web.pdf.
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-1212 Catunda HLO, Bernardo EBR, Vasconcelos CTM, Moura ERF, Pinheiro AKB, Aquino P de S. Percurso metodológico em pesquisas de enfermagem para construção e validação de protocolos. Texto contexto - enferm. [Internet]. 2017 [acesso em 05 jun 2018]; 26(2). Disponível em: http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/0104-07072017000650016.
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).

Content validity is the determination of the representativeness of items that express a content, based on the judgment of experts in a specific area, determining whether the content of a measurement instrument effectively explores the requirements for measuring a particular phenomenon to be investigated (1212 Catunda HLO, Bernardo EBR, Vasconcelos CTM, Moura ERF, Pinheiro AKB, Aquino P de S. Percurso metodológico em pesquisas de enfermagem para construção e validação de protocolos. Texto contexto - enferm. [Internet]. 2017 [acesso em 05 jun 2018]; 26(2). Disponível em: http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/0104-07072017000650016.
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This article aims to describe the construction and content validation of a nursing consultation instrument for PwH, in a reference hematology service in Northeast Brazil. The scarcity of NC instruments for patients with coagulopathies, and the great complexity of information needed for the consultation, in order to ensure that no aspect is neglected, justify the importance of this study.

METHOD

Methodological study conducted in the hereditary coagulopathies’ outpatient clinic of a hematology reference service of Northeast Brazil, located in Recife-PE. Data collection was performed from February 2017 to February 2018.

The theoretical framework followed in the study (1313 Benson J, Clark F. A guide for instrument development and validation. Am J Occup Ther. [Internet]. 1982 [acesso em 21 maio 2017];36(12). Disponível em: http://dx.doi.org/10.5014/ajot.36.12.789.
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) suggests a four-step script to guide the process of instrument construction and validation: 1. planning (objective, target population, instrument items); 2. construction (content, content validity assessment by a panel of experts); 3. validation (test application to a significant number of judges for content and appearance validity). 4. final evaluation of the instrument (application of the pilot version in an appropriate experimental group).

1st Step: Planning

In this step, empirical indicators (sociodemographic and clinical variables) and affected human needs of PwH were identified through the randomized observation of NCs in the outpatient clinic of the service. A literature search was also performed with the descriptors “validation studies” combined with “nursing in the clinic”, “hemophilia A” and “hemophilia B” using the Boolean operator ‘AND’, in the databases BDENF, BIREME/BVS, LILACS, MEDLINE/PubMed, Brazilian Ministry of Health, SCIELO and World Federation of Hemophilia.

2nd Step: Construction of the Instrument

The first version of the instrument was built according to the Hemovida Web-Coagulopathies model of the Brazilian Ministry of Health (1414 Rezende SM, Rodrigues SHL, Brito KNP, Silva DLQ da, Santo ML, Simões B de J, et al. Evaluation of a web-based registry of inherited bleeding disorders: a descriptive study of the Brazilian experience with HEMOVIDAweb Coagulopatias. Orphanet J Rare Dis. [Internet]. 2017 [acesso em 15 maio 2018]; 12(27). Disponível em: https://ojrd.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13023-016-0560-6.
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), because the literature search did not find articles on NC instrument for hemophilia. Thus, the instrument was developed by two nurses of the service with 10 years dedicated exclusively to PwH, with an average of 110 attendances/month. Later, the instrument was analyzed by the focus group technique, by a multi-professional team of 12 outpatient specialists (one social worker, two nurses, two psychologists, one physiotherapist, one dentist, one pharmacist, and four physicians).

3rd Step: Validation of the instrument

In this step, the instrument was evaluated by nurse judges through the Delphi technique (1515 Massaroli A, Martini JG, Lino MM, Spenassato D, Massaroli R. The Delphi method as a methodological framework for research in nursing. Texto contexto-enferm. [Internet]. 2017 [acesso em 05 jun 2019]; 26(4). Disponível em: http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/0104-07072017001110017.
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), which consists in evaluating a given topic through the judgment of experts on the subject, based on the convergent opinion of the evaluators, emphasizing the need for group consensus. We also used the appearance validation, even though it is considered a subjective technique (1212 Catunda HLO, Bernardo EBR, Vasconcelos CTM, Moura ERF, Pinheiro AKB, Aquino P de S. Percurso metodológico em pesquisas de enfermagem para construção e validação de protocolos. Texto contexto - enferm. [Internet]. 2017 [acesso em 05 jun 2018]; 26(2). Disponível em: http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/0104-07072017000650016.
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), however we consider it important because the evaluation was performed by experts from nine Brazilian states, providing greater reliability to the instrument.

The sample size of the female judges was defined by the formula n=Za2.P.(1-P)/d2, where Za refers to the confidence level (95%), P is the proportion of individuals who agree with the relevance of the concepts (85%), and d is the difference in proportion considered acceptable (15%)(1616 Arango HG. Bioestatística: teórica e computacional. 3. ed. Rio de Janeiro: Guanabara Koogan; 2009.). The final calculation was determined by n=1.952.0.85.0.15/0.152 and with this, a sample of 22 judges was obtained, adding 20% for losses or refusals, totaling 26 judges.

The selection criteria for the judges were: 1. hemophilia specialists (HS, n=nine) from nine blood centers in the country (Campinas, Ceará, João Pessoa, Maceió, Manaus, Natal, Minas Gerais, Recife and Rio de Janeiro) defined by snowball sampling (17), in which the selected participant indicates other participants, it is a convenience sample, being sent by e-mail the invitation letter and the evaluation form; 2. Nurses with Hematology Residency (RN, n=8); 3. Service Nurses (SN, n=12), all with more than three years’ experience in PwH care. Nurses away on medical leave, premium and vacation were adopted as exclusion criteria.

The judges were invited to participate in the study, oriented about the objectives, and signed the Informed Consent Form. All the nurses agreed to participate in the study, and the HS group sent the answers via e-mail. It was possible to obtain a sample of 29 judges, giving more confidence to the validation performed, meeting the recommended quantity of a sample of 25 to 50 experts to perform the validation (1515 Massaroli A, Martini JG, Lino MM, Spenassato D, Massaroli R. The Delphi method as a methodological framework for research in nursing. Texto contexto-enferm. [Internet]. 2017 [acesso em 05 jun 2019]; 26(4). Disponível em: http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/0104-07072017001110017.
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).

Agreement between the judges was verified by the four-point Likert scale (1818 Voutillainen A, Pitkäaho T, Kvist T, Vehviläinen-Julkunen K. How to ask about patient satisfaction? The visual analogue scale is less vulnerable to confounding factors and ceiling effect than a symmetric Likert scale. J Adv Nurs. [Internet]. 2015 [acesso em 23 jun 2019]; 72(4). Disponível em: http://doi.org/10.1111/jan.12875.
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) and by Fisher’s exact test, applied to compare agreement between the experts, to verify homogeneity in the application of the instrument. The evaluation form analyzed: A. Degree of difficulty to fill out (complete difficulty-1, moderate difficulty-2, mild difficulty-3, no difficulty-4); B. Degree of relevance of the characteristics: objectivity, simplicity, clarity, pertinence, accuracy, credibility and scientificity (not relevant-1, not very relevant-2, relevant-3, extremely relevant-4); C. Degree of satisfaction on the appearance of the instrument: presentation, clarity of questions, ease of reading, interpretation and representativeness (no impact-1, insufficient-2, satisfactory-3, excellent-4).

The score for each item was tabulated with a simple count of the number of responses for each evaluation criterion and the percentage of female judges who agreed with the content of the instrument. Scores one and two were considered indicative of poor quality, and scores three and four were considered indicative of good quality. Items with at least 85% agreement were considered valid.

For statistical analysis of the data, a database was built in Microsoft Excel 2013 spreadsheet, which was exported to SPSS-18 software, where the analysis was performed. All conclusions were drawn considering the significance level of 5%.

4th Step: Final evaluation of the instrument

This stage consisted of a pilot test of the final version of the instrument with 30 adult PwH who attended the NC in the outpatient clinic of the institution, according to criteria established in the literature, which define a sample of 30 to 40 people (1919 Coluci MZO, Alexandre NMC, Milani D. Construção de instrumentos de medida na área da saúde. Ciênc saúde coletiva. [Internet]. 2015 [acesso em 12 maio 2020]; 20(3). Disponível em: http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1413-81232015203.04332013.
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).

The study was conducted in compliance with resolution 466/2012 of the National Health Council of the Ministry of Health and was approved by the Research Ethics Committee of the researched institution under opinion number 1,863,411.

RESULTS

As for the characterization of the judges, all were female. The NR group was younger, with a mean age (30±6.4), HN (47±9.8) and ES (51±12). In the HN group, there was one doctoral degree (11.1%), two master’s degrees (22.2%), and three proficiencies in hematology (33.3%); in the NR, all had completed their hematology nursing residency less than five years ago; and in the NS, six had master’s degrees (50%) in areas other than hematology.

Considering the suggestions given by the judges (Chart 1), a total of 19 suggestions were found, of which 12 (63.2%) were accepted by the researchers. It was observed that the HN group presented more suggestions 11 (57.9%), followed by NS five (26.3%) and NR three (15.8%).

Chart 1
List of suggestions from the nurse judges. Recife, PE, Brazil, 2018

In relation to the degree of difficulty of the judges to understand the instrument, it was verified that the majority did not present any difficulty 15 (51.7%), followed by light difficulty 11 (37.9%) and moderate difficulty three (10.4%). The Fisher’s exact test (p=0.358) was not significant, indicating that the degree of difficulty is similar between the analyzed groups.

The analysis of the characteristics of the instrument regarding structure, aesthetics and content showed a similar pattern of response, with a single divergence in the item ‘clarity of information’, where the HN group showed a lower percentage of ‘excellent’; and suggested that the instrument should be extended to all hereditary coagulopathies. However, it was decided to keep the instrument unchanged, because it would be necessary to insert several items referring to women’s health in order to meet the female profile of the other hereditary coagulopathies.

The instrument was also considered long by the HN group, even though all the nurses were instructed that it would be implemented in electronic format, and that the complete filling out would only occur in the first consultation, and afterwards, the data would only be updated.

The relevance of the characteristics evaluated in the instrument is described in Table 1. It was verified that ‘credibility’ and ‘scientificity’ presented the highest percentages of “extremely relevant”. However, excluding these characteristics, we observed a higher percentage of “extremely relevant” in groups HN (accuracy), NR (objectivity and relevance) and NS (clarity) of the instrument. The comparison test was not significant in all characteristics (p>0.05).

Table 1
Distribution of the degree of relevance of the characteristics of the instrument evaluated by the nurse judges (n=29), according to professional training/actuation. Recife, PE, Brazil, 2018

Regarding the degree of satisfaction of the judges about the appearance of the instrument (Table 2), it was found that the characteristic ‘representativeness’ presented the highest percentages of excellent. The NR group considered all analyzed characteristics as excellent, presenting the highest percentages of satisfaction. The HN group showed a lower percentage of excellent in relation to the characteristic ‘clarity of statements’, resulting in a significant Fisher’s exact test (p<0.05), indicating that there is difference of opinion between the groups.

Table 2
Distribution of the degree of satisfaction of the nurse judges about the appearance items of the instrument, according to professional training/activity. Recife, PE, Brazil, 2018

The final version of the instrument was composed of two parts, the first (Figure 1) with general data with 19 categories, and the second (Figure 2) with Immunotolerance data.

Figure 1
Nursing Consultation Instrument for Person with Hemophilia. Recife, PE, Brazil, 2018
Figure 2
Nursing Consultation Instrument for Person with Hemophilia/ Immunotolerance. Recife, PE, Brazil, 2018

In the pilot test carried out in the outpatient clinic with 30 PwH, it was found that the nurses had no difficulties in applying the instrument. The first consultation was longer, around 30 minutes; subsequent consultations, when the data were only updated, took 10 to 15 minutes. The most time-consuming part was the application of the Hemophilia Functional Independence Score (FISH), which should be filled out every six months, and the evaluation of coagulation factor self-infusion, which should be performed annually.

DISCUSSION

The use of measuring instruments in healthcare practices is progressively increasing. In the nursing field, validating instruments that guide practice is synonymous with the development of health technologies for the profession since it becomes possible to direct nursing care and improve the quality of care (2020 Vieira CENK, Enders BC, Coura AS, Menezes DJC de, Lira ALB de C, Medeiros CCM. Validación de instrumento para la detección de adolescentes con sobrepeso en la escuela. Enfermería Global. [Internet]. 2016 [acesso em 7 jul 2020]; 15(3). Disponível em: https://doi.org/10.6018/eglobal.15.3.221531.
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).

Advantages have been pointed out for the use of care instruments, such as greater safety for users and professionals, reduced variability of care actions, improved qualification of professionals for care decision making, ease of incorporating new technologies, care innovation, more rational use of available resources, and greater transparency and cost control. Also, as advantages, protocols facilitate the development of process and outcome indicators, knowledge dissemination, professional communication, and care coordination(1111 Conselho Regional de Enfermagem de São Paulo. Guia para construção de protocolos assistenciais de Enfermagem [Internet]. São Paulo: COREN-SP; 2017 [acesso em 08 ago 2019]. Disponível em: http://www.coren-sp.gov.br/sites/default/files/Protocolo-web.pdf.
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,1919 Coluci MZO, Alexandre NMC, Milani D. Construção de instrumentos de medida na área da saúde. Ciênc saúde coletiva. [Internet]. 2015 [acesso em 12 maio 2020]; 20(3). Disponível em: http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1413-81232015203.04332013.
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).

According to recommendations from specialists in hereditary coagulopathies from Northeastern Brazil on the role of the nurse in the care of people with hemophilia, it describes the importance of using validated instruments: “The nursing consultation to the person with hemophilia should be performed in all hemophilia treatment centers, using a standardized and validated instrument applied by a nurse with experience in hereditary coagulopathies”(21: e121).

The recommendations aim to unify nursing in care practice, ensuring its leadership, its role in the consultation, with autonomy to select patients who are candidates for prophylaxis treatment, request laboratory tests according to internal protocols, and participate in the therapeutic decision (2121 Costa NC de M, Costa IM, Guimarães TMR, Souza HP de, Casaretto ES, Medeiros TC de, et al. North-eastern Brazilian recommendations for the nurse professional role on the pharmacokinetic-assisted prophylaxis individualization for haemophilia A. Haemophilia. [Internet]. 2020 [acesso em 02 nov 2020]; 26(3). Disponível em: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32026514/.).

Several studies (2222 Ferreira RC, Montanari FL, Ribeiro E, Correia MDL, Manzoli J, Duran ECM. Elaboração e validação de instrumento de assistência de enfermagem para pacientes em unidades de terapia intensiva. Cogitare enferm. [Internet]. 2018 [acesso em 24 set 2020]; 23(4). Disponível em: http://dx.doi.org/10.5380/ce.v23i4.57539.

23 Alves MG, Pereira VOS, Batista DFG, Cordeiro ALP de C, Nascimento J da SG, Dalri MCB. Construção e validação de questionário para avaliação de conhecimento sobre ressuscitação cardiopulmonar. Cogitare enferm [Internet]. 2019 [acesso em 25 set 2020]; 24. Disponível em: http://dx.doi.org/10.5380/ce.v24i0.64560.

24 Tolentino GS, Bettencourt AR de C, Fonseca SM da. Construção e validação de instrumento para consulta de enfermagem em quimioterapia ambulatorial. Rev. bras. enferm. [Internet]. 2019 [acesso em 26 set 2020]; 72(2). Disponível em: http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/0034-7167-2018-0031.
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) demonstrate that content-valid instruments subsidize the development of nursing care practice, and by using the Delphi technique to reach consensus among experts, it minimizes direct influence, allows access to distant participants, and favors personal and clinical reasoning.

Nursing consultation to PwH is recommended in the The Brazilian Hemophilia Manual(2626 Ministério da Saúde (BR). Secretaria de Atenção à Saúde. Departamento de Atenção Especializada e Temática. Manual de hemofilia. 2. ed. Brasília: Ministério da Saúde; 2015.) and the World Federation of Hemophilia Guidelines for the Treatment of Hemophilia (11 Srivastava A, Brewer AK, Mauser-Bunschoten EP, Key NS, Kitchen S, Llinas A, et al. Guidelines for the management of hemophilia. Haemophilia. [Internet]. 2013 [acesso em 04 jul 2019]; 19(1). Disponível em: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2516.2012.02909.x.
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) as a fundamental part of patient care and is considered an important technological strategy for health care, supported by law, exclusive to nurses, and that offers numerous advantages in the care provided.

In this context, it is often suggested that the role of nurses will become increasingly important in the future provision of care for PwH (55 Khair K, Chaplin S. What is a nurse-led service? A discussion paper. J Haem Pract. [Internet]. 2017 [acesso em 04 jul 2019]; 4(1). Disponível em: http://doi.org/10.17225/jhp00100.
https://doi.org/10.17225/jhp00100...

6 Khair K, Abu-Riash M, Acerbi AC, Beijlevelt M, Floros G, Li K, et al. Haemophilia nursing practice: a global survey of roles and responsibilities. J Haem Pract. [Internet]. 2016 [acesso em 20 jul 2019]; 3(2). Disponível em: http://doi.org/10.17225/jhp00078.
https://doi.org/10.17225/jhp00078...

7 Polinski JM, Kowal MK, Gagnon M, Brennan TA, Shrank WH. Home infusion: safe, clinically effective, patient preferred, and cost saving. Healthc (Amst). [Internet]. 2017 [acesso em 08 jul 2019]; 5(1-2). Disponível em: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.hjdsi.2016.04.004.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hjdsi.2016.04....

8 Santaella ME, Bloomberg M, Anglade D. Home infusion teaching practices at federally funded hemophilia treatment centers in the United States of America. Res Pract Thromb Haemost. [Internet]. 2017 [acesso em 08 jul 2019]; 1(1). Disponível em: http://doi.org/10.1002/rth2.12020.
https://doi.org/10.1002/rth2.12020...

9 Lock J, Raat H, Peters M, Scholten M, Beijlevelt M, Oostenbrink R, et al. Optimization of home treatment in haemophilia: effects of transmural support by a haemophilia nurse on adherence and quality of life. Haemophilia. [Internet]. 2016 [acesso em 17 jul 2019]; 22(6). Disponível em: http://doi.org/10.1111/hae.13043.
https://doi.org/10.1111/hae.13043...
-1010 Schrijvers LH, Schuurmans MJ, Fischer K. Promoting self-management and adherence during prophylaxis: evidence-based recommendations for haemophilia professionals. Haemophilia. [Internet]. 2016 [acesso em 13 jun 2019]; 22(4). Disponível em: http://doi.org/10.1111/hae.12904.
https://doi.org/10.1111/hae.12904...
,2121 Costa NC de M, Costa IM, Guimarães TMR, Souza HP de, Casaretto ES, Medeiros TC de, et al. North-eastern Brazilian recommendations for the nurse professional role on the pharmacokinetic-assisted prophylaxis individualization for haemophilia A. Haemophilia. [Internet]. 2020 [acesso em 02 nov 2020]; 26(3). Disponível em: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32026514/.). According to the European Haemophilia Consortium:

Nurses are an extremely valuable resource in the care of patients with hemophilia and are taking on increasing responsibilities, including treating acute bleeding, organizing outpatient clinics, training parents and children in venipuncture and prophylaxis, and prescribing clotting factor concentrates and other medications (2727 Berntorp E, Hart D, Mancuso ME, D’Oiron R, Perry D, O’Mahony B, et al. The first Team Haemophilia Education meeting, 2015, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Eur J Haematol. [Internet]. 2016 [acesso em 05 jun 2020]; 97(suppl83). Disponível em: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27272000.:1414 Rezende SM, Rodrigues SHL, Brito KNP, Silva DLQ da, Santo ML, Simões B de J, et al. Evaluation of a web-based registry of inherited bleeding disorders: a descriptive study of the Brazilian experience with HEMOVIDAweb Coagulopatias. Orphanet J Rare Dis. [Internet]. 2017 [acesso em 15 maio 2018]; 12(27). Disponível em: https://ojrd.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13023-016-0560-6.
https://ojrd.biomedcentral.com/articles/...
).

The profile of the judges who validated the instrument showed a high number of monthly attendances to patients with coagulopathies, demonstrating experience in hematology care. The instrument was built in a reference blood center for PHC care in Northeastern Brazil and validated by nine specialists from blood centers in the country, providing greater reliability and legitimacy to the instrument.

The judges’ analysis of the instrument showed the need to add data and refine categories to improve its content, and the following were inserted: number of cigarettes/day; presence of inhibitor, date of last training, first, historical peak, general title; coagulation factor infusion/auto-infusion training; immunization; number of children, sexual activity, family planning, and sports activities.

The application of NC requires continuous training of nurses for clinical reasoning, using clinical examination tools (44 O’Shea E, Coughlan M, Corrigan H, McKee G. Evaluation of a nurse-led haemophilia counselling service. Br J Nurs. [Internet]. 2012 [acesso em 17 jul 2019]; 21(14). Disponível em: http://doi.org/10.12968/bjon.2012.21.14.864.
https://doi.org/10.12968/bjon.2012.21.14...

5 Khair K, Chaplin S. What is a nurse-led service? A discussion paper. J Haem Pract. [Internet]. 2017 [acesso em 04 jul 2019]; 4(1). Disponível em: http://doi.org/10.17225/jhp00100.
https://doi.org/10.17225/jhp00100...
-66 Khair K, Abu-Riash M, Acerbi AC, Beijlevelt M, Floros G, Li K, et al. Haemophilia nursing practice: a global survey of roles and responsibilities. J Haem Pract. [Internet]. 2016 [acesso em 20 jul 2019]; 3(2). Disponível em: http://doi.org/10.17225/jhp00078.
https://doi.org/10.17225/jhp00078...
) as well as for nursing diagnosis, so nursing diagnoses and referrals made by nurses were added to the instrument in order to ensure autonomy.

The final version of the instrument was applied to a sample of 30 PcH, through a pilot test, and there was no difficulty in application by the outpatient clinic nurses.

According to the Ministry of Health, nurses need to perform three consultations per hour, with no distinction between new and follow-up consultations (2828 Dantas CN, Santos VEP, Tourinho FSV. Nursing consultation as a technology for care in light of the thoughts of Bacon and Galimberti. Texto contexto - enferm [Internet]. 2016 [acesso em 26 set 2020]; 25(1). Disponível em: https://doi.org/10.1590/0104-0707201500002800014.
https://doi.org/10.1590/0104-07072015000...
). Therefore, the nurse has an average of 20 minutes to perform the nursing consultation. It was observed that the duration of the consultations for application of the research instrument was reduced with the practice of applying the instrument, reaching the recommended average.

Similarly, an international study (2929 Stevens S, Bankhead C, Mukhtar T, Perera-Salazar R, Holt TA, Salisbury C, et al. Patient-level and practice-level factors associated with consultation duration: a cross-sectional analysis of over one million consultations in English primary care. BMJ Open [Internet]. 2017 [acesso em 10 out 2020]; 7(11). Disponível em: https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/7/11/e018261.long.
https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/7/11/e01...
) found an average duration of NC of 10 minutes, with a minimum of four minutes and a maximum of 35 minutes. The authors stated that the duration of the consultation is associated with the characteristics of the client, presence of comorbidities and the level of practice of the professional. In this research, PwH had several comorbidities such as hemarthrosis, arthropathies, inhibitors against coagulation factors, which may have contributed to a longer time in the application of the instrument in the first consultations.

It was verified that most of the judges had no difficulty in understanding the instrument, a positive fact in the evaluation, demonstrating that there were no significant differences in the use of the instrument between the groups. The instrument was implemented in the service in electronic format, and nurses from other blood centers in the Northeast of the country are being trained to use it.

The limitation of the study was the absence of studies on nursing consultation instruments and/or protocols for people with hemophilia or hereditary coagulopathies that could serve as models or compare results.

CONCLUSION

Elaborating and validating an NC tool for hemophilia is important for clinical and scientific nursing practice, since it represents an innovation in decision making, in the application of standardized terminologies, providing autonomy, technical support and ethical support to nurses. However, further studies are suggested: there is a lack of literature on NC tools for hemophilia, both nationally and internationally.

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  • Andrade IAF de, Guimarães TMR, Costa IM, Costa NC de M, Camelo RM, Lima FM de. Construction and validation of a nursing consultation tool for people with hemophilia. Cogitare enferm. [Internet]. 2021 [accessed “insert day, monh and year”]; 26. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.5380/ce.v26i0.74467.

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Associate editor: Luciana Alcântara Nogueira

Publication Dates

  • Publication in this collection
    29 Oct 2021
  • Date of issue
    2021

History

  • Received
    12 June 2020
  • Accepted
    13 Nov 2020
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