Construction and validation of self-care educational technology for 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.

Results:

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.

Conclusions:

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.

Descriptors:
Educational Technology; Health Education; Validation Studies; Caregivers; Self-care

Depositions	Generating Themes	Content
I have a very busy routine. I can't go to the places I want. (C4) What I lack is freedom to do what I want. (C12)	Need for leisure and distraction	• Warning signs • Coping strategies; • Leisure Tips
Especially his children, they should help more, because it's not just my obligation. (C13) If the nurses and doctors at the clinic came here, they could help me. (C22)	Need for social support	• Where to look for help; • Available professionals; • Caregivers' rights.
Getting him out of bed to take anywhere else is difficult, because of the weight. (C9) I suffer to lift it up and put it from place to place. (C9)	Difficulty for activities involving mobility and transfer	• Where to look for help; • Available professionals; • Coping strategies; • Tips to avoid physical overload; • Stretches.

	Objective	Content	Language	Relevance	Illustration	Layout	Motivation	Culture
Judge 1	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3
Judge 2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Judge 3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Judge 4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Judge 5	1	2	2	3	2	2	3	2
Judge 6	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	2
Judge 7	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
M	2.57	2.57	2.57	2.71	2.43	2.43	2.43	2.43
SD	0.98	0.98	0.98	0.95	0.79	0.79	0.98	0.79
CV	37.95	37.95	37.95	35.04	32.40	32.40	40.18	32.40
CVI	0.57	0.57	0.57	0.71	0.57	0.57	0.71	0.57

	Objective	Content	Language	Relevance	Illustration	Layout	Motivation	Culture
Judge 1	4	3	4	4	3	4	3	4
Judge 2	2	4	3	4	4	3	3	4
Judge 3	4	3	3	4	3	3	4	4
Judge 4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	3
Judge 5	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	3
Judge 6	3	2	2	4	3	3	4	4
Judge 7	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4
M	3.43	3.29	3.14	3.86	3.57	3.57	3.57	3.71
SD	0.68	0.59	0.60	0.38	0.53	0.53	0.53	0.49
CV	19.83	17.96	19.09	9.80	14.97	14.97	14.97	13.14
CVI	0.86	0.86	0.86	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00

	W Kendall	X²	P
First round	0.399	19.129	0.004
Second round	0.804	38.591	< 0.001

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[1] Corresponding author: Ana Caroline Soares E-mail: carolhand11@hotmail.com