Use of patients' classification instruments: analysis of the brazilian production of knowledge

• Published in: Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da U S P Vol. 48; no. 6; pp. 1111 - 1118
• Main Authors: Abreu, Sonia Portella de, Pompeo, Daniele Alcalá, Perroca, Márcia Galan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English; Portuguese
• Published: Brazil Universidade de São Paulo, Escola de Enfermagem 01.12.2014; SciELO
• Subjects: Atención de enfermería; Bibliometrics; Brazil; Carga de trabajo; Clasificación; Evaluación en enfermería; Humans; NURSING; Nursing Assessment - statistics & numerical data; Nursing Process - statistics & numerical data; Pacientes; Psychometrics; Reproducibility of Results; Revisión; Brazil; Nursing care; Atención de enfermería; Cuidados de enfermagem; Classificação; Nursing assessment; Review; Patients; Workload; Pacientes; Avaliação em enfermagem; Revisão; Carga de trabalho; Evaluación en enfermería; Classification; Revisión; Carga de trabajo; Clasificación
• ISSN: 0080-6234; 1980-220X; 0080-6234
• DOI: 10.1590/S0080-623420140000700020

To analyze the production of scientific knowledge about the use of patients' classification instruments in care and management practice in Brazil. Integrative literature review with databases search in: Latin American and Caribbean Literature on Health Sciences (LILACS), Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System on-line (MEDLINE), Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL) and SCOPUS, between January 2002 through December 2013. 1,194 studies were found, 31 met the inclusion criteria. We observed a higher number of studies in the category care plans and workload (n=15), followed by the category evaluation of psychometric properties (n=14). Brazilian knowledge production has not yet investigated some purposes of using instruments for classifying patients in professional nursing practice. The identification of unexplored areas can guide future research on the topic.