OBJECTIVE: To validate a theoretical model based on a study of interactive processes in the support network for people with tuberculosis. METHODS: We used a Grounded Theory method; we opted for communicative validation, completed with six people with tuberculosis and three health professionals. RESULTS: This validation was based on the presentation of a synthesis of the model to the participants, the analysis was performed from the perspective of application of the following criteria: adjust the theory to express the lived experience of reality people with tuberculosis - the model represented by the six components in the diagram, - theoretical generalization - for its conceptual interpretation and applicability to other realities. CONCLUSION: The experience of validating a theoretical model is challenging, however, the researcher arranged the components and categories that expressed the.
Nursing; Nursing theory; Tuberculosis; Qualitative research; Validation studies
