P244 - DIGITAL INNOVATION IN DYSPHAGIA: DEVELOPMENT AND VALIDATION OF ICTS FOR NUTRITIONAL MANAGEMENT

P244

DIGITAL INNOVATION IN DYSPHAGIA: DEVELOPMENT AND VALIDATION OF ICTS FOR NUTRITIONAL MANAGEMENT

T. L. D. Borges¹, C. M. A. Godoy², L. M. B. M. Ferreira³, L. Leite-Lais⁴, S. H. L. Vale^1,*

¹Graduate Program in Health Sciences, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, ²Empresa Brasileira de Serviços Hospitalares - Ebserh, ³Departament of Surgery, ⁴Department of Nutrition, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Brazil

Rationale: Understanding the International Dysphagia Diet Standardisation Initiative (IDDSI) is essential to ensure safe feeding. The use of ICTs can support this learning. This study constructed and validated the content of ICTs for identifying the consistency levels of IDDSI.

Methods: This is a methodological study divided into three phases: construction of web stories (ICT 1) and evaluation questionnaires (ICT 2), respectively, and content validation by professionals and patients with dysphagia. The web stories are visual narratives that addressed dysphagia, its levels, and IDDSI consistency testing. To promote greater inclusion, simple verbal language and audio narratives were used. The evaluation questionnaires were developed as an online form containing 9 multiple-choice questions with food or drink images, followed by ICT 2, demonstrating the IDDSI consistency test. Content validation of ICT 1 was performed by 6 professionals and 6 patients, and ICT 2 by 3 professionals, using the Content Validity Index (CVI) for items (I-CVI) and overall (S-CVI).

Results: The majority of professionals who validated ICT 1 were female (83.3%), speech-language pathologists (50%), and doctors (66.7%). Among the patients, 66.7% were female, with an average age of 46.5 years and incomplete primary education (50%). The average content validity of ICT 1 exceeded the minimum acceptable value with S-CVI = 0.98 and 0.84 for professionals and patients, respectively. ICT 2 presented S-CVI = 1. Moreover, the judges in this study agreed that ICT 1 facilitates understanding and learning of IDDSI, contributing to the management of dysphagia.

Conclusion: We have made available to the scientific community a safe and easy-to-apply ICT with evidence of content validity based on the test content, which will contribute to health literacy.

Disclosure of Interest: None declared