Abstract
to analyze the Brazilian scientific integrative review production in postgraduation nursing programs. bibliometric design, carried out in the database of dissertations and theses of the Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel, in October 2018. 35 dissertations and 1 thesis were found. Most studies were carried out at the University of São Paulo; the main methodological reference was Mendes, Silveira and Galvão (2008); for data collection, it was Ursi (2005). The most used database was CINAHL, followed by LILACS and PubMed. The period of publication varied from 5 to 30 years; and the sample, from 6 to 299 texts. Some studies did not mention keywords, data collection period, exclusion criteria or publishing period. despite the growing popularity of integrative review studies, they are undervalued in the stricto sensu postgraduation program in nursing and there are shortcomings in the implementation of the method, related to the absence of important elements.
Highlights
Integrative reviews present, in an orderly manner, research results on a specific topic, with the aim of facilitating the use of scientific evidence in clinical practice
The particularity of the integrative review is that it includes studies with different methodological approaches, whether qualitative or quantitative, covering a broader range on the studied subject(4)
The predominance of dissertations related to stricto sensu programs, within a specific subject, was found in another bibliometric study, which found this to be true for 82% of dissertations found in the CAPES database on palliative care(43)
Summary
Integrative reviews present, in an orderly manner, research results on a specific topic, with the aim of facilitating the use of scientific evidence in clinical practice. They started to be reported as a research method in 1980(1), but until 1998 there were no nursing studies using this methodology in Brazil(2). It was during this period that national productions emerged with information on the steps for conducting research using this methodology, offering theoretical support to researchers(1) Despite this growth, there are still difficulties in carrying out this type of study, mainly in differentiating it from systematic reviews and in the operationalization of its basic steps. The particularity of the integrative review is that it includes studies with different methodological approaches, whether qualitative or quantitative, covering a broader range on the studied subject(4)
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