Digital educational technology content production and validity about Japanese bathtub (ofurô) in neonatal unit.
Aline Libório de Oliveira, Yasmin Epifânio de Souza, Lihsieh Marrero and 4 others
PMID 37192442WHAT IT FOUND
Fifteen nursing experts judged a digital manual on Japanese bathtub care for preterm infants as valid for training.
They agreed the content, structure, and relevance were appropriate. No infants were studied, so this confirms the manual is ready for use, not that the care works.
Key findings
01The digital educational technology achieved an overall validity score of 90% and was considered suitable for training nursing professionals in neonatal units.
02All 20 items across content, structure, and relevance dimensions reached a consensus score of +1 among the judges.
03The material was not tested on the target audience of nurses or on infants; it only underwent content validation by experts.
STILL TO COME
How it was doneWhat they foundWhat it means for RNs
Read the rest of this summary
You get three full summaries a month, free, and we do not ask for a card. Search, the TL;DRs and your library stay unlimited either way.
What it does not show
The study did not test the e-book's effectiveness in training nurses or its impact on infant care; it only assessed content validity. The judges were exclusively nurses, so the material was not validated by other professionals who might also perform the technique. The sample size for validation was small (15 judges). No preterm infants were included in this study, so no clinical outcomes were measured.
Declared interests
The paper does not report any conflicts of interest or funding sources.
The easy way to misread this
Do not interpret the 90% validity score as evidence that Japanese bathtub care improves outcomes for preterm infants. This study only validated an educational manual; it did not test the clinical effectiveness of the technique itself.