Hipertensão arterial: tecnologia educativa online acessível à cegos e videntes

Abstract

Hypertension is a cardiovascular disease of higher prevalence in Brazilian population, considered to be a severe problem in public health. Being able to see is considered a facilitation factor to integrate in everyday activities. Blind people have greater difficulties of accessing information and are more vulnerable to risk factors related to hypertension, if so, highlights the need to provide accessible educational technology to the blind. The aim of this study was to assess accessibility of an online manual on arterial hypertension for the learning of the blind and seeing people. It consists of an evaluation study with methodological research. Data collect took place from January 2017 to March 2018, on educational facilities for the blind and in the homes of seeing people in Fortaleza, Ceará. Participated in the study 117 people, in which 72 are seeing people and 45 are blind, in the assessment of accessibility with the Assistive Technology Assessment Questionnaire, it was observed that all items of the attributes such as Objectives, Access, Clarity, Structure and Presentation, Relevance and Efficiency, and Interactivity were found adequate with the minimum agreement of 80% by the majority of the participants. Items with the highest percentage of positive responses were related with the learning experience; search for information without difficulties; content needed for understanding; organized; arouses interest; interaction and easy navigation. The manual is concluded to be a valid and trustworthy tool in health education, is accessible to blind people, contributing to health promotion about arterial hypertension.