Sexual activity of people with spinal cord injury: Development and validation of an educational booklet

Abstract

Objective: To describe the process of development and validation of an educational booklet about the sexual activity of people with spinal cord injury. Methods: Methodological study performed in four steps: documentary search in blogs, integrative review, development of the educational booklet, and face and content validation, namely content validation with 11 referees, technical face validation with three referees, and face validation with 37 people from the target audience. The minimum value established for the content validity index (CVI) was 0.80. Results: The booklet presented a global CVI of 0.91 after evaluation by healthcare professionals, 0.87 after inspection by graphic designers, and 0.94 after examination by members of the target audience. Despite the significantly high indexes, referees and people from the target audience proposed suggestions to improve the booklet, which were accepted and incorporated into the final version of the material. Conclusion: The booklet showed content and face adequate to promote healthy and satisfactory sexual activity of people with spinal cord injury.