[Content validation of the dimensions constituting non-adherence to treatment of arterial hypertension]

Amigos de Fibro (Fibro Friends): validation of an e-book to promote health in fibromyalgia

BACKGROUND

Educational strategies are necessary for the care of patients with fibromyalgia. The objective was to develop and validate an e-book to promote the health of individuals with fibromyalgia.

METHODS

Methodological research in which, initially, through a bibliographic survey, the available publications on the subject were analyzed. Then, this knowledge was used to build the theoretical content addressed, and the art and layout of the e-book were elaborated. In the third phase, validation of the constructed material, content specialists (n = 23), technicians (n =  23) and design specialists (n = 23), and individuals with fibromyalgia (n = 45) evaluated the e-book through the Delphi technique. For data collection, different questionnaires were used, according to the evaluation focus of each participant group, analyzed for reliability using Cronbach's Alpha (αC) and agreement using the Content Validity Index (CVI).

RESULTS

In the global assessment of agreement from all groups of judges, the CVI presented a considerable minimum: content (0.79), technical (0.89), design (0.92), and target audience (0.97). Regarding reliability, all groups also had a αC within the acceptable range: content (0.960), technical (0.963), design (0.977), and target audience (1.08).

CONCLUSIONS

The e-book was developed and validated in terms of content and relevance and can be used to promote the health of individuals with fibromyalgia.

Construction and validation of educational material on promoting breastfeeding in schools

OBJECTIVE

to build and validate an educational technology on the promotion of breastfeeding for schoolchildren.

METHODS

a methodological study was developed through a bibliographic survey, situational diagnosis, creation of illustrations, layout, design and texts, validation of the material with the help of expert judges and target audience.

RESULTS

the content judges enabled the validation of the material with an overall Content Validity Index of 90%, the judges of the design Suitability Assessment of Materials of 90.4% and the target audience with a 95.6% agreement. The readability percentage proved to be excellent, with an overall score of 100%.

CONCLUSION

the educational technology proved to be a valid and reliable instrument to promote a breastfeeding culture among schoolchildren.

Construção e validação de tecnologia educacional para promoção do aleitamento materno no período neonatal

Resumo Objetivo Este estudo teve como objetivos construir e validar um pacote de mensagens de texto e figuras para promoção do aleitamento materno no período neonatal. Métodos tratou-se de um estudo metodológico, realizado em quatro etapas: revisão integrativa da literatura, construção de pacote de mensagens e figuras, análise de legibilidade e validação de conteúdo e aparência. Para validação, participaram 11 juízes com expertise em aleitamento materno. O critério para validação foi concordância superior a 80%, analisada por meio dos índices de validação de conteúdo e aparência. Resultados a versão final do pacote de mensagens e figuras apresentou índice de validade de conteúdo de 0,86, índice de validade de aparência de 0,85 e validade convergente com correlação de 0,73 entre o conteúdo e a aparência (p<0,01). Conclusões e implicações para a prática o pacote de mensagens de texto e figuras foi considerado válido em conteúdo, aparência e convergência para promoção do aleitamento materno, no período neonatal, constituindo tecnologia educacional adequada para ser compartilhada via mensagens telefônicas, com intuito de se aproximar das nutrizes, ajudando-as a reagir frente aos problemas comuns no período neonatal.

Construction and validation of educational materials for the prevention of metabolic syndrome in adolescents

OBJECTIVE

To develop and validate an educational technology focused on prevention of metabolic syndrome among adolescents.

METHODS

This was methodological research. Using an integrative review, the available publications on the subject were analyzed. Then, this knowledge was used to describe the theoretical content and, with the help of a graphic designer, the art and layout of the pages were developed. In the third phase, the booklet was evaluated and validated by 21 specialists and 39 adolescents. Data collection included three different questionnaires, according to the focus of evaluation of each group of participants, analyzed for reliability (Cronbach's Alpha) and agreement by Infraclass Correlation Coefficient.

RESULTS

The mean score attributed by technical content experts was 91.7%, and the content validity index, measured by experts responses, was 0.98, showing high reliability and agreement. In addition, the level of agreement of the positive responses given by adolescents was 88.4%.

CONCLUSION

the educational booklet has proved to be a valid and reliable tool to be used for promoting adolescent health.

Blood Pressure Treatment Adherence and Control after Participation in the ReHOT

Background

Lack of adherence to pharmacological treatment is one of the main causes of low control rates in hypertension.

Objective

To verify treatment adherence and associated factors, as well as blood pressure (BP) control in participants of the Resistant Hypertension Optimal Treatment (ReHOT) clinical trial.

Method

Cross-sectional study including all 109 patients who had completed the ReHOT for at least 6 months. We excluded those participants who failed to respond to the new recruitment after three phone contact attempts. We evaluated the BP control by ambulatory BP monitoring (ABPM; controlled levels: 24-hour systolic and diastolic BP < 130 x 80 mmHg) and analyzed the patients' treatment adherence using the Morisky Medication Adherence Scale (MMAS) questionnaire validated by Bloch, Melo, and Nogueira (2008). The statistical analysis was performed with the software IBM SPSS statistics 21.0. We tested the normality of the data distribution with kurtosis and skewness. The variables tested in the study are presented with descriptive statistics. Comparisons between treatment adherence and other variables were performed with Student's t test for independent variables and Pearson's chi-square or Fisher's exact test. To conduct analyses among patients considering adherence to treatment and BP control, we created four groups: G0, G1, G2, and G3. We considered a 5% significance level in all tests.

Results

During the ReHOT, 80% of the patients had good BP control and treatment adherence. Of 96 patients reevaluated in the present study, only 52.1% had controlled hypertension when assessed by ABPM, while 31.3% were considered adherent by the MMAS. Regarding other ABPM measures, we observed an absence of a nocturnal dip in 64.6% of the patients and a white-coat effect and false BP control in 23% and 12.5%, respectively. Patients' education level showed a trend towards being a determinant factor associated with lack of adherence (p = 0.05). Resistant hypertension and number of medications were significantly associated with BP control assessed by ABPM (p = 0.009 and p = 0.001, respectively). Resistant hypertension was also significantly associated with group G0 (patients with no control or adherence, p = 0.012).

Conclusion

There was a decrease in BP control and adherence measured by the MMAS after participation of at least 6 months in the ReHOT clinical trial.