Characterization of scientific production of meditation in Health and Nursing: literature review

Authors

  • Marcos Venicio Esper Universidade de São Paulo
  • Juliana Rizzo Gnatta Universidade de São Paulo
  • Maria Júlia Paes da Silva Universidade de São Paulo

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.19177/cntc.v5e8201639-46

Keywords:

Meditation, Complementary Therapies, Nursing, Review

Abstract

Introduction: Meditation has beem recognized in the scientific literature as a complementary therapy and as a useful thechnique for treating organic and phychiatric disorders. Objective: This study aimed to characte¬rize the publications about “meditation” considering country of origin, idiom, subarea of knowledge, study design and technique result. Material and Methods: Literature review which data were collected in January 2014 through consultation to the following databases: Embase, Lilacs, PubMed and SciELO. The search was limited to studies published between 2001 and 2014 and there was no idiom restriction. Results: Of the 170 articles evaluated, most are from United States and United Kingdom. The English language was predominant. The main subarea that published studies was medicine. The main study design used was clinical trial. Appro-ximately 70.0% of the studies had positive results. Final Considerations: There is a discrepancy between the number of publications on meditation at the international level compared to brazilian publications and are few researches from Nursing subarea about “meditation”.

Author Biographies

  • Marcos Venicio Esper, Universidade de São Paulo
    Psicanalista. Membro do Grupo de Pesquisa Estudo das Práticas Alternativas ou Complementares de Saúde da Escola de Enfermagem da Universidade de São Paulo.
  • Juliana Rizzo Gnatta, Universidade de São Paulo
    Doutoranda pelo Programa de Pós-graduação Enfermagem na Saúde do Adulto da Escola de Enfermagem da Universidade de São Paulo. Membro do Grupo de Pesquisa Estudo das Práticas Alternativas ou Complementares de Saúde da Escola de Enfermagem da Universidade de São Paulo. Enfermeira de Centro Cirúrgico do Hospital Universitário da Universidade de São Paulo.
  • Maria Júlia Paes da Silva, Universidade de São Paulo
    Doutora em Enfermagem. Professora Titular do Departamento de Enfermagem Médico-cirúrgica da Escola de Enfermagem da Universidade de São Paulo. Líder do Grupo de Pesquisa Estudo das Práticas Alternativas ou Complementares de Saúde da Escola de Enfermagem da Universidade de São Paulo.

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Published

2017-10-19

Issue

Vol. 5 No. 8 (2016)

Section

Review articles

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