Living well guide: a nurse-led development and validation of a printed resource for cardiometabolic care

Abstract

Background:

Health education materials are vital resource for health improvement for those with cardiometabolic diseases (CMD). Health education resources can be a valuable aid in nursing practice, reinforcing health education messages and as a structured approach to health education with the patient; and a resource for patients as they self-manage in the community.

Aims:

To develop and validate a nurse-led health education resource for those with CMD.

Methods:

The study, carried out from March to September 2022, included four stages: a systematic literature review, a qualitative exploratory study, construction of the health education resource, and validation of content and appearance by experts and the target audience. Content validity index (CVI) and Binomial tests were used to analyse each validation stage. Values of CVI equal to or greater than 0.80 were considered as valid.

Results:

The health education booklet consists of 26 pages, and it approaches educational content including understanding CMD, healthy eating, physical activities, weight management, stopping smoking and alcohol use, medication use, sleep importance, stress management, and multidisciplinary healthcare team follow-up. In the content validation, experts and target audience assigned a global CVI of 0.92 and 0.99, respectively, which was considered adequate.

Conclusion:

The health education booklet proved to be a valid educational tool in content and appearance. It was considered understandable by patients and experts, having feasible use in health education on lifestyle.