Development and validation of a questionnaire on nursing care for people with radiodermatitis.

OBJECTIVES

to develop and validate a questionnaire on clinical practices developed by radiotherapy nurses in the process of caring for people at risk of or with radiodermatitis.

METHODS

methodological study, containing: establishment of the conceptual framework; definition of objectives and target population; development of items and responses; selection and organization of items; structuring of the questionnaire; content validation using the Content Validity Index; pre-testing in the target population. Data collection was performed via the Research Electronic Data Capture platform.

RESULTS

in the content validation, the questionnaire was expanded to a total of 55 questions. The overall Content Validity Index value for relevance was 0.97 and 1.00 for representativeness. The final version was considered relevant, representative, and had an appropriate layout. The target population considered the items to be relevant and clear.

CONCLUSIONS

the validated questionnaire will contribute to the standardization of nursing care for people with radiodermatitis, considering current resolutions and evidence, through the application of evidence-based protocols.