Construção e validação de tecnologia para identificar o risco de complicações e amputação do pé diabético

Abstract

Objective: Describe the process of construction and validation of an evaluative nursing technology (scale) designed to identify the risk of complications and foot amputation in individuals with diabetes mellitus. Methodology: This is a methodological study, which refers to the investigation and application of methods for obtaining, organizing and interpreting data for the construction of an instrument, which will be procedurally evaluated and validated through steps implemented and discussed at each stage. methodological. Results: For the development of the structure and allocation of the contents arranged on the scale, the prototyping model proposed by Pressman (2016) was sought, where the development of a technology from a prototype must go through the elaboration of a quick project that contains the elements that will be presented to the target audience (development phase); construction of the prototype that will be evaluated and refined according to the observations of the population for whom the instrument is intended and subsequently giving rise to engineering of the final product in the form of scale (Refining phase); finally, the scale will be evaluated by expert judges, who will carry out the validation of the presented technology (evaluation phase). Conclusion: It is concluded from the following study that the development and validation of technologies for nursing constitute a scientific advance for the profession, and given the scarcity of articles on technologies for the care of diabetic patients, the construction and validation of an instrument that assesses the risk of diabetic ulcer and its reconciliation with the Systematization with Nursing Care, will allow assistance based on the comprehensiveness and resolution of real and potential factors that interfere in the health-disease process of these patients.