Educational technology to empower patients as participants in their care

Rev Bras Enferm. 2024 Dec 16;77(6):e20230359. doi: 10.1590/0034-7167-2023-0359. eCollection 2024.
[Article in English, Portuguese]

Abstract

Objectives: to build and validate an educational technology to empower patients as participants in their own care.

Methods: methodological study to develop an educational technology based on the elaboration, validation, and evaluation that were carried out in five stages at a teaching hospital in Amazonas. The study was carried out from 2019 to 2022, with the participation of 19 judges specialized in patient safety and 72 patients admitted to the hospital's medical and surgical clinics, the study setting.

Results: the agreement between the judges obtained an overall index of 0.85, being considered validated. The overall analysis of the booklet obtained an assessment of the level of agreement above 85%.

Final considerations: the educational technology presented here was validated and suitable for promoting patient/professional rapprochement and consolidating health care in a way that increases the patient's ability to contribute to their treatment and prevent the occurrence of adverse events.

Objetivos:: construir y validar una tecnología educativa para empoderar al paciente como partícipe de su cuidado.

Métodos:: es un estudio metodológico llevado a cabo a partir de la elaboración, validación y evaluación de una tecnología educativa, realizado en cinco etapas en un Hospital escuela del Amazonas. El estudio transcurrió durante el período de 2019 a 2022, con la participación de19 jueces especialistas sobre seguridad del paciente y 72 personas internadas en las clínicas médicas y quirúrgicas del hospital, escenario del estudio.

Resultados:: el acuerdo entre los jueces obtuvo un índice global de 0,85, considerado como validado. El nivel de acuerdo del análisis global del folleto se estimó superior al 85%.

Consideraciones Finales:: la tecnología educativa aquí presentada fue validada y es apta para promover la aproximación paciente/profesional y consolidar la atención sanitaria de tal manera que aumente la capacidad del paciente en beneficio de su tratamiento, evitando así, eventos adversos.

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Brazil
  • Educational Technology* / methods
  • Educational Technology* / trends
  • Empowerment
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Patient Participation / methods