Construction and validation of educational booklet content for fall prevention in hospitals

Abstract

Objective: To construct and validate an educational booklet for fall prevention in hospitals. Methods: A methodological study developed from the construction, validation and assessment of the booklet by 22 nurses and 22 patients hospitalized in a medical clinic. For the validation with judges, objective, structure/presentation and relevance of the material were assessed and, in assessment with patients, the Suitability Assessment of Materials (SAM) tool. Content Validity Index (CVI) was used to analyze each validation step, considering valid values equal to or greater than 0.80. Results: The booklet titled “Careful not to fall for this” consists of 20 pages. In content validation, practitioners assigned the overall CVI of 1.0 for purpose, structure/presentation, and material relevance. In the assessment of patients, the overall CVI of the booklet was 0.98. Conclusion: The educational booklet is considered valid regarding the content and understandable by patients in a way that has a viable use in health education for fall prevention in hospitals.