SPIRITUALITY AND RELIGIOSITY IN HEALTH CARE: AN INTEGRATIVE REVIEW

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5380/ce.v24i0.58692

Keywords:

Spirituality, Religion, Care, Health, Review.

Abstract

Objective: describe how health, spirituality and religiosity are discussed in Brazilian scientific
publications.
Method: integrative literature review of the period between 2011 and 2016, developed in
the Virtual Health Library in November 2017, using the descriptors: “Health”, “Spirituality”,
“Religiosity”.
Results: for the analysis, according to the established inclusion criteria, 30 articles were selected
and four categories were identified: Concepts and conceptions of religiosity and spirituality;
Religiosity and spirituality as strategies to cope with disease; Need for spiritual support;
and Lack of professional preparation. The relevance of the spiritual dimension in care was
verified, as well as the need to comprehensively consider all dimensions of the human being:
biopsychic, spiritual and social.
Conclusion: studies were found that suggest that some religious practices are capable of
offering both positive and negative aspects in the physical and mental health of their practitioners.

Author Biographies

Priscila Cristina da Silva Thiengo, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro

Enfermeira. Doutoranda em Enfermagem pelo PPGENF e Professora Assistente do departamento de Enfermagem Médico Cirúrgica da Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro. Rio de Janeiro, Brasil.

Antonio Marcos Tosoli Gomes, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro

Enfermeiro. Doutor em Enfermagem e Professor Titular da Faculdade de Enfermagem da Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro. Rio de Janeiro, Brasil.

Magno Conceição Conceição das Mercês, Universidade Federal da Bahia

Enfermeiro. Doutorando em Ciências da Saúde pela Universidade Federal da Bahia (UFBA), professor auxiliar e coordenador da Área Básica Saúde Coletiva do Departamento de Ciências da Vida da Universidade do Estado da Bahia (UNEB), professor da Faculdade Estácio de Feira de Santana. Bahia, Brasil.

Pablo Luiz Santos Couto, Faculdade Guanambi

Enfermeiro. Mestre em Enfermagem pela EEFBA e Professor da Faculdade Guanambi (Centro de Ensino Superior Guanambi. Bahia, Brasil.

Luiz Carlos Moraes França, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro

Enfermeiro. Mestre em Enfermagem do PPGENF da Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro. Rio de Janeiro, Brasil.

Alba Nunes da Silva, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro

Enfermeira. Mestranda em Enfermagem do PPGENF da Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro. Rio de Janeiro, Brasil.

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Published

2019-03-07

How to Cite

Thiengo, P. C. da S., Gomes, A. M. T., das Mercês, M. C. C., Couto, P. L. S., França, L. C. M., & da Silva, A. N. (2019). SPIRITUALITY AND RELIGIOSITY IN HEALTH CARE: AN INTEGRATIVE REVIEW. Cogitare Enfermagem, 24. https://doi.org/10.5380/ce.v24i0.58692

Issue

Vol. 24 (2019)

Section

REVIEW

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