Revisão sistemática sobre luto e terapia ocupacional

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Abstract Introduction: Bereavement has variable effects on people since the feelings and behaviors generated by the death of are influenced by society. In this way, bereavement is a subjective and social process that impacts various dimensions of life, including the occupational dimension. Objective: To identify, in the national and English literature, studies of occupational therapists related to the process of bereavement. Method: Systematic review, using the descriptors “occupational therapy”, “grief”, “mourning” and “attitude to death” and the respective English words “occupational therapy”, “grief”, “mourning” and “bereavement” in five databases. Afterward, thematic analysis was performed. Results: Seven studies were included, six in English and one in Portuguese. All articles presented qualitative approaches: autoethnography (3), interview (1), thematic analysis (2), narrative (1). Three categories were created for thematic analysis: 1) “The relationship between the study participants and the deceased person”, which refers to the bond of the bereaved with the deceased and the impact of this bond in bereavement; 2) “The impacts of bereavement in occupations”, which identifies how bereavement interferes with the occupations of those who experience it, and 3) “The occupation as middle and end of the occupational therapy process with the bereaved person”, which seeks to understand the use of occupations as a possibility of care with the mourner. Conclusion: It was concluded that the production of occupational therapists with bereaved subjects is short, but it is understood that this professional can contribute to the care of the bereaved, and other studies are needed that point to evidence, to strengthen this profissional performance.