Educational interventions for the health promotion of the elderly: Integrative review

Abstract

Objective: To identify in the literature the scientific production on educational interventions used by nurses for the health promotion of the elderly. Methods: Integrative literature review performed in the LILACS, MEDLINE, CINAHL and Web of Science databases between 2007 and 2017, in Portuguese, English and Spanish by using the following descriptors: ‘aged’; ‘aging’; ‘aged, 80 and over’; ‘health services for the aged’; ‘nursing’; ‘clinical trial’; ‘technology/ED’; ‘educational technology’; (health education AND technology); ‘health promotion’, which were combined with ‘AND’ and ‘OR’ Boolean operators. Results: Twenty-two studies were included. The educational interventions used by nurses for the health promotion of the elderly were pedagogical guidelines during nursing consultations (50%), home monitoring (27.8%), counseling with motivational dynamics (11.1%) and educational sessions with ludic strategies (11.1%). Conclusion: Nurses play a fundamental role in health promotion by coordinating the care plan because of the bond established with users, family members and caregivers from educational actions that can change attitudes and provide health. The educational actions promoted health by favoring the greater adoption of healthy habits, therapeutic monitoring and wellbeing.