Tecnologia educativa: promovendo autonomia dos cuidados com a Fístula Arteriovenosa em hemodiálise

Abstract

The renal replacement therapies such as hemodialysis demand fundamental care from the health professionals and the patient. This study aimed to develop educational technology in health for patients with chronic kidney disease from the hemodialysis service in state public hospital from Belém, Pará. Descriptive exploratory research, qualitative complemented with quantitative data. 28 patients took part in the study, between May and July 2014. The information was obtained through a form containing sociodemographic data and questions that allowed evaluating what was knew about the care with the arteriovenous fistula, submitted to the technique “ideo-central analysis” and posterior development of the educational strategy. The ethical principles related to the research involving human beings were obeyed. The results showed patients of the male gender, between 51 and 60 years old; middle school completed; brown; from the countryside of Pará; married; retired; income between one and two minimum wages, arterial hypertension as disease of basis; more than ten years with kidney disease, performing hemodialysis; knowledge about the care was basic, wrong, having the necessity of further information; At the end of the stages of research a technical informative manual was obtained, which aims to show which care with the fistula might contribute to the reduction of troubles, the decrease of mortality risk, the improvement of life quality and social reintegration of the patient. This study points to paths that might guarantee greater adhesion to the therapy instituted besides subsidizing the educational act and reinforcing the importance of the professional nurse role in health education.