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A Computerized Functional Skills Assessment and Training Program Targeting Technology Based Everyday Functional Skills
Published on: February 13, 2020
Establishing fidelity for the creating opportunities for personal empowerment: Symptom and technology management
Regena Spratling1, Melissa S Faulkner2, Rebecca Chambers3
1School of Nursing, Byrdine F. Lewis College of Nursing and Health Professions, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Aim:
To establish intervention fidelity for the Creating Opportunities for Personal Empowerment: Symptom and Technology Management Resources web-based intervention to assist caregivers of children aged 1-5 years in managing their child's symptoms and medical technology of tracheostomies and feeding tubes at home.
Design:
Descriptive study of the strategies used to establish intervention fidelity, specifically using expert and caregiver reviewers.
Methods:
To establish fidelity of the intervention, experts and caregivers were asked to evaluate the usefulness, ease of use, and acceptability of the intervention and provide any suggestions for the modules. Caregivers provided caregiver and child characteristics and were administered a health literacy measure, the Newest Vital Sign. Intervention fidelity was established from April 2019-July 2019.
Results/Findings:
Expert and caregiver reviewers (N = 13) all agreed or strongly agreed that the intervention was useful, easy to use, and acceptable. In addition, caregiver reviewers provided care to children who required multiple technologies and a variety of care needs at home and confirmed adequate health literacy (N = 5).
Conclusion:
The use of expert and caregiver reviewers was very beneficial in establishing intervention fidelity. Caregivers are experts in the care of their child and provide valuable feedback based on their daily experiences at home. Experts provided evidence-based feedback.
Impact:
This nursing intervention addresses caregivers of children who require medical technology by targeting caregiver management for common symptoms, related technologies, and resources for the child and caregiver in the home setting. Intervention fidelity was established and expert and caregiver reviewers confirmed the usefulness, ease of use, and acceptability of the intervention. This study is essential to nursing, other healthcare providers, and healthcare systems in planning and implementing programmes and services for children and their caregivers and for nurse researchers establishing intervention fidelity.
Trial Registration:
This study is not designated as a clinical trial per NIH/NINR study and grant proposal guidelines.
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