Construction and validation of checklist for referral to the hyperbaric oxygen therapy unit

Abstract

The objective was to build and validate a checklist for referring hospitalized patients to the hyperbaric oxygen therapy unit. This is a methodological study with a quantitative approach carried out in three stages: 1) scoping review on the topic, including the taxonomies of the North American Nursing Diagnosis Association and Nursing Interventions Classification; 2) construction of the instrument based on the characterization of the checklist items with the cross-mapping between the results of the scoping review and the titles of the diagnoses from the NANDA I taxonomy, choosing the NIC interventions; and 3) content and appearance validation process using the Delphi technique composed of a panel of judges. Items with a Content Validity Index ≥ 0.90 and checklist reliability based on Kappa agreement ≥ 0.80 were considered valid. After constructing and structuring the checklist, the Delphi stage was carried out with the responses of 10 judges, to validate the content and appearance. The checklist was categorized into 14 items. The 1st round evaluated the individual content of the items, the 2nd round evaluated the attributes of the instrument and the 3rd round the appearance and general evaluation. The level of agreement between the judges and the validation of content and appearance reached final values of 1.00. The checklist for referral to Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Units was considered an important support instrument and favors the communicative process between health teams.