Abstract

to build and validate educational self-care technology for informal caregivers. methodological study, anchored in the Delphi technique, carried out in a municipality in the state of Paraná, Brazil, between September 2018 and November 2019. It was developed in three stages: situational diagnosis; elaboration of educational technology; content and appearance validation by expert judges and informal caregivers, using the content validity index and coefficient of variation. after the steps of the methodological process, an educational technology called "Taking Care of Those Who Care" was produced, as an information tool that deals with the self-care of informal caregivers, receiving a content validity index above 0.86 and a variation coefficient. below 20% on all items. the educational technology was built and evaluated with satisfactory rates by the specialists and target audience, showing a high correlation of agreement, characterizing it as adequate and informative to informal caregivers.

Highlights

  • Chronic non-communicable diseases are the main causes of death and health problems in the world, causing about 41 million deaths each year, which corresponds to approximately 71% of all deaths

  • It is relevant to assess the interpersonal relationship in nursing care and the self-care activities of elderly people with diabetes, which will help nursing professionals to understand the importance of the relationships established with the user, identifying the skills they need be developed and improved so that there is a better interaction between nurse and patient

  • The population was composed of all elderly users with diabetes mellitus seen at the USFs who had the nurse working for at least one year, corresponding to 10,647 individuals distributed in the five Health Districts (HD): I - 2,641; II - 1,919; III - 3,072; IV - 1,554; V - 1461

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INTRODUCTION

Chronic non-communicable diseases are the main causes of death and health problems in the world, causing about 41 million deaths each year, which corresponds to approximately 71% of all deaths. There are few studies with a quantitative approach that make use of validated instruments with appropriate psychometric properties to measure the construct of interpersonal relationships[11] Given this context, it is relevant to assess the interpersonal relationship in nursing care and the self-care activities of elderly people with diabetes, which will help nursing professionals to understand the importance of the relationships established with the user, identifying the skills they need be developed and improved so that there is a better interaction between nurse and patient. It is relevant to assess the interpersonal relationship in nursing care and the self-care activities of elderly people with diabetes, which will help nursing professionals to understand the importance of the relationships established with the user, identifying the skills they need be developed and improved so that there is a better interaction between nurse and patient This will culminate in assistance with greater safety and quality, favoring the user to build a profile that manages their own health

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