Critical analysis on the concept of stress in health care used in scientific publications

Objective: to carry out a critical analysis on the different formations of concepts of stress in health care used in scientific publications. Method: this is a qualitative and descriptive integrative review study which follows a strategy of five methodological steps. As it is a critical analysis on the selected studies, we opted for the confidentiality of their authors in the references of this study. Papers in English, Spanish, and Portuguese were included and those which did not focus the concept of stress in their abstracts, the repeated ones indexed in many databases, and those which are not free were excluded. Different search strategies were used, as well as descriptors in health sciences/MeSH Terms and Boolean operators in the selected databases: MedLine, SciELO, and LILACS. The strategies aimed to answer the focal question of this research: “What are the different concepts of stress in health care used in scientific publications?”. Results: we found 71 papers and 15 of them were selected. The selected papers were tabulated according to the categories scored: the paper’s and journal’s title, type of study, formation of the concept of stress, and year of publication. Conclusion: the different designations of stress confirm the discussion of different formations of concepts and interpretations of stress, and, maybe, different intervention actions, devoiding the therapeutic management and intervention pattern of their typical features currently pointed out by the literature. Descriptors: physiological stress; psychological stress; health; concept formation. RESUMO Objetivo: realizar análise crítica das diferentes formações de conceitos de estresse em saúde utilizadas em publicações científicas. Método: trata-se de um estudo qualitativo e descritivo de revisão integrativa que segue uma estratégia de cinco etapas metodológicas. Por se tratar de uma análise crítica dos estudos selecionados, optou-se pelo sigilo de seus autores nas referências deste estudo. Artigos em inglês, espanhol e português foram ...