Produção do conhecimento em enfermagem acerca do empoderamento em situações crônicas de saúde

Abstract

This study aimed to analyze scientific production in the nursing field on the subject of empowerment in chronic health conditions. An integrative review was conducted to answer the question: What is the state of the nursing literature about empowering people with chronic health conditions? Data was collected in an integrated manner from the Public/Publish Medline (PubMed), Scientific Electronic Library Online (SciELO) and Virtual Health Library (BVS) databases in February and March 2015. The search for articles was conducted in those databases with the combined keywords ‘empowerment’, ‘nursing’ and ‘chronic disease’ in English, Portuguese and Spanish. Twelve complete publications from 2006 to 2015 were selected. Two categories emerged: empowerment in chronic health situations; and the concept of empowerment and professional training. The national and international scientific literature on the subject needs to be enlarged.