Avaliação semântica do holistic assessment para o contexto brasileiro

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: This study deals with the semantic evaluation of the Holistic Assessment instrument considering the Brazilian reality. The Holistic Assessment is an instrument created to explore in more detail the patient's worldview, in addition to the main problems cited by him, validating this instrument aims to make it suitable for the Brazilian reality. The instruments were developed for the application of the Tidal Model, as a “guide thread” that guides the nurse in caring for the person. OBJECTIVE: The objective of the present study was to semantically evaluate the Holistic Assessment instrument considering the Brazilian reality. METHODOLOGY: Methodological study of semantic evaluation of the Holistic Assessment instrument for the Brazilian reality. Therefore, in addition to the Holistic Assessment instrument, there was an individual application of the general assessment instrument and the specific assessment instrument for CAPS users. The collection period covered the month of March 2023, and used users who were over 18 years old and had been received at CAPS in the last 12 months. For the variables relating to the sociodemographic profile and semantic evaluation, descriptive analyzes were carried out using absolute and relative frequencies. It is noteworthy that this research was approved by the Research Ethics Committee of the Federal University of Alagoas under opinion number 5,391,833 and, subsequently, subject to amendment, with opinion number 6,013,193. RESULTS: The research involved the participation of 31 people, the majority of whom were female (n= 16, 51.61%), with an average age according to the standard deviation was (37.9) years. and the minimum age was 18 years old and the maximum age was 65 years old. When asked what skin color, the predominance of brown people was identified (n=21, 67.74%), in relation to education, two large groups were identified with completed high school and completed elementary school (n=10, 32.25%) each of them, when asked about their marital status, the majority said they were single (n=21, 67.7%). The predominance of interviewees regarding occupation says they have some type of occupation (n=21, 67.7%) and finally when asked about having any income, the majority say they do (n=19, 61.29 %). Regarding the general assessment of the questionnaire regarding importance, 100%(31) say that the questionnaire is important and easy to understand, 61%(19) of users say it is easy to understand. During the specific assessment, users were able to declare whether they understood and considered each question important. FINAL CONSIDERATIONS: This study semantically evaluated the Holistic Assessment instrument for the Brazilian context as proposed. It was observed that the Brazilian version presented satisfactory measures and properties necessary for its applicability to the Brazilian reality. The main limitation of the study was the wear and tear generated among the participants, considering the extent of the instruments used to evaluate the translated version of the Holistic Assessment.