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Instrument for assessing (self)care competence in people with gastrostomy and their caregivers: a methodological
Luzia Raquel Lopes Pinheiro1, Maria Alice Correia Brito2, Célia Samarina Vilaça Brito Santos2
1Instituto Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar. Porto, Portugal.
Objectives:
to describe the development process of an instrument to monitor the development of (self-)care competencies in individuals with gastrostomies and their caregivers.
Methods:
methodological research study. Content validity was obtained through a focus group of experts. The instrument was pre-tested on a sample of 18 participants, using a non-probabilistic and intentional sampling technique. Inter-rater agreement was also assessed at a hospital in northern Portugal.
Results:
the study resulted in an instrument with 34 measurement indicators, grouped into six domains, with recognized content validity. In the instrument pre-test, good inter-rater agreement values of 80-100% were obtained.
Conclusions:
the instrument proved to be comprehensive and easy to apply in assessing (self)care competency in feeding ostomies, offering potential for future validity investigations.
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