Development of a Pictorial Patient Education Handout on Tracheostomy Care: A Mixed-Method Study. (February 2023)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Wang, Tongyao; Mazanec, Susan R.; Schiltz, Nicolas; Chhabra, Nipun; Rezaee, Rod; Voss, Joachim G.
• Is Part Of: Western journal of nursing research. Volume 45:Number 2(2023)
• Page Start: 144
• Page End: 151
• Publication Date: 2023-02
• Subjects: health education -- patient education -- patient education handout -- pictorial work -- tracheostomy -- user-centered design; Nursing -- Research -- Periodicals; Nursing -- Periodicals; Nursing -- Research -- West (U.S.) -- Periodicals; Nursing -- West (U.S.) -- Periodicals; Nursing -- Periodicals; Nursing Research -- Periodicals; Soins infirmiers -- Recherche -- Périodiques; Soins infirmiers -- Périodiques; Soins infirmiers -- Recherche -- États-Unis (Ouest) -- Périodiques; Soins infirmiers -- États-Unis (Ouest) -- Périodiques; Soins infirmiers; Recherche; États-Unis (Ouest); Périodique électronique (Descripteur de forme); Ressource Internet (Descripteur de forme); 610.730702
• DOI: 10.1177/01939459221109813
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0193-9459

Abstract

This article describes a qualitative and quantitative approach to the development and iterative revision process of producing valid, user-friendly pictorial patient education handouts (infographics) on tracheostomy care. An iterative user-centered design with health professional, patient, and family caregiver panels was used. The authors first developed a new evaluation tool for pictorial education handouts, the Perceived Infographics Usability Measurement (PIUM). The patient education handout, consisting of three A3-size posters with illustrations on key steps of daily tracheostomy care, reached a high consensus among health professional experts (88.3%) and patients and family caregivers (89.1%) on PIUM usability indexes. Patients and family caregivers expressed that the patient education handout would be an understandable teaching tool and procedure reminder, which would help alleviate fears about tracheostomy care. The PIUM demonstrated satisfactory content validity and reliability properties and was a quality tool to guide the transformation of text-based content to a pictorial patient education handout.