Construction and validation of a serial album for companions of patients with stroke.

ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVES: to construct and validate a serial album, to be used in hospital discharge planning of patients with stroke. METHODS: a methodological study, with construction of a serial album, validity by 22 judges and assessment by 22 companions. Data were collected from the Health Education Content Validity Instrument, with the companions, from the Suitability Assessment of Materials. RESULTS: the serial album has 21 pages. The overall Content Validity Index was equal to 0.87 among expert judges and 1.0 among companions. CONCLUSIONS: the educational technology constructed was considered valid by the judges and assessed as understandable by the companions so that it presented itself as a viable technological resource for use in the health education of companions of patients with stroke.