Construction and Validation of an E-Book on educational strategies to assist undergraduate nursing teachers in teaching people with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder.
Nursing; Teaching; Universities; Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder; Education.
Neurodevelopmental disorders are a group of conditions characterized by deficits in development or differences in brain processes, with impairments in the personal, social, academic or occupational evolution of the individual. Among these conditions is attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder, defined by a persistent pattern of inattention and/or hyperactivity-impulsivity. This disorder can transcend childhood, that is, persist and be diagnosed in adolescents and adults, including those enrolled in higher education institutions, and is one of the causes of poor academic performance and professional failure in these individuals. Therefore, nursing professors may be faced with students diagnosed with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder and lack in-depth knowledge about the disorder and/or methodological tools that are capable of assisting their professional performance in an inclusive manner. Thus, the thesis aimed to build and validate an e-Book on educational strategies to assist undergraduate nursing professors in teaching people with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder. This is a methodological study operationalized in three stages, namely: 1) Scoping review with the objective of mapping the strategies for teaching university students with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and identifying the recommended strategies for teaching these students who are studying undergraduate nursing; 2) Construction of the e-Book; 3) Validation of content and appearance. For content validation, the global Content Validity Index was considered, with a cutoff point ≥ 0.90; and the Kappa Coefficient, with at least substantive agreement (0.60-0.79). For appearance validation, the global Appearance Validity Index was considered, with a cutoff point ≥ 0.90. The study was submitted to and approved by the Research Ethics Committee of the central campus of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (CAAE: 81507724.0.0000.5537) and followed the ethical principles of resolution no. 466/2012 of the National Health Council. Results: the scoping review resulted in 14 scientific articles; the mapped strategies were classified as general and active, among them: extra time and flexible hours to carry out assessments; and problem-based learning. In the context of nursing, the following were identified: promoting better communication processes, organization and prioritization of activities during clinical practice. After the e-Book was created, the validation stage was carried out. Ten expert judges participated in the content validation process (eight nurses and two psychologists) and five judges in the appearance validation process (graphic designers), which resulted in the following indexes: Overall Content Validity Index of 0.97; Overall Kappa Coefficient of 0.90; and Overall Appearance Validity Index of 0.91. Conclusion: the e-Book on educational strategies to assist undergraduate nursing teachers in teaching people with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder is validated in terms of its content and appearance, and is a guiding instrument for these teachers, with the potential to improve the academic performance of people diagnosed with this disorder and contribute to inclusive education in nursing.