Cuidados espirituais sob a percepção de pessoas em cuidados terapêuticos: uma revisão integrativa

Abstract

Spirituality is increasingly being associated with the comprehensive care of people, relating to quality of life when facing health conditions. In this sense, the objective of the present study was to conduct an integrative literature review, with the aim of understanding how spiritual care is understood by people undergoing hospital treatment, involving health professionals in providing this care. Studies from the last five years were included, available in full for online access, in the PUBMED, SCIELO and LILACS databases. The studies included people undergoing therapeutic care over the age of eighteen in the hospital environment, with an approach to spirituality in this environment, excluding review articles, theses, monographs, dissertations, event annals and abstracts. 1949 articles were found through searches using a combination of descriptors in English and Portuguese. After reading titles and abstracts, 32 articles were selected for full reading. 13 articles were included in the review and analyzed according to Bardin's methodology. Most of the studies were qualitative in nature, concluding that there is a great association between spirituality and religious beliefs, and individual strategies can be used according to such beliefs as a way of providing experience with spirituality during coping with diseases.