Author(s): Laranjeira, Carlos António ; Querido, Ana Isabel Fernandes ; Charepe, Zaida Borges ; Dixe, Maria Dos Anjos Coelho Rodrigues
Date: 2020
Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/41269
Origin: Veritati - Repositório Institucional da Universidade Católica Portuguesa
Subject(s): Chronic disease; Holistic nursing; Hope; Patient care; Review; Doença crônica; Esperança; Enfermagem holística; Assistência ao paciente; Revisão
Objective: To identify the available evidence in the scientific literature about the strategies or interventions used to promote hope in people with chronic diseases. Method: An integrative literature review of literature published between 2009-2019, which was conducted in online browsers/databases: b-On, EBSCO, PubMed, Medline, ISI, SciELO, PsycINFO, Google Scholar. Forty-one studies were found, of which eight met the inclusion criteria. Results: Most studies used a quantitative approach. There was a predominance of studies from Asia and America, addressing patients with multiple sclerosis, diabetes, congestive heart failure, and cancer. Hope-based interventions were categorized by the hope attributes: experiential process, spiritual/transcendence process, rational thought process, and relational process. Conclusion: Hope-based interventions, in its essence, are good clinical practices in the physical, psychological, social and spiritual domains. This is congruent with the vision of nursing, first proposed by Florence Nightingale. There seem to be gaps in the literature regarding specific hope promoting interventions.
