Educational booklet for patients and health care professionals in the field with focus on ensuring the completeness of radiation therapy treatment

Abstract

The present work presented an educational booklet aimed at oncology radiation therapy health pro fessionals focused on treatment completion. The booklet was made in Portuguese and English using the Adobe Illustrator software and are available for free in our own website made on the free platform 123site. The methodology for the booklet was made by literature review and by the experience of 5 professionals. The booklet was submitted to an evaluation at four universities in S~ ao Paulo, through a questionnaire applied to students and professors. The results shown that 27.06% confirmed that the booklet have a light visual reading and, in parallel, 80.00% considered the booklet as very informative. 100% judged the booklet is important for professionals working in radiation therapy. Professionals believe they have a responsibility to educate patients (67.06%) and also think they should provide emotional support (76.47%). 98.82% thought that booklets can help the patient complete the treatment. The results obtained were positive in relation to the booklet in their visual part, but even better in the results regarding the content