Health care needs of physically, hearing or visually impaired people: a methodological study

Abstract

Aim: To evaluate the health care needs of people with disabilities(PWD), hearing or visual through the development and constructionof an instrument which is validated by the Delphi technique. Methods: This is a methodological development study, which was held in three specialized institutions for disabled people in Mossoró, RN, between 2014 and 2017. The study has 2 stages: I -Identification of the health care needs of the PWD through an integrative literature review; II - Development and validation of the Assessment Tool for Health Care Needs of Physically, Hearing orVisually Impaired People (ATHCN-PWDPHV) regarding its contentand reliability and application of the toll in people with disabilities. The first two will be based on opinions of judges and on the Content Validity Index, and the last on the Alfa Cronbach. The SPSSsoftware will run chi-squared and Fisher's exact tests in order to do the research's descriptive analysis. It is hoped that the results found will contribute to the health planning of PWD.