Factors associated with risk of infection in hospitalized patients with cancer: an integrative review | Zendy

Aryele Rayana Antunes de Araújo | Zendy; Alexsandra Rodrigues Feijão | Zendy; Cristiane da Câmara Marques | Zendy; Annanda Luyza Carias Maia | Zendy; Isabela Pereira de Medeiros | Zendy; Emily Kathiene Silva de Mesquita | Zendy; Anne Karine Freire Caldas | Zendy

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Factors associated with risk of infection in hospitalized patients with cancer: an integrative review

Author(s) -

Aryele Rayana Antunes de Araújo,

Alexsandra Rodrigues Feijão,

Cristiane da Câmara Marques,

Annanda Luyza Carias Maia,

Isabela Pereira de Medeiros,

Emily Kathiene Silva de Mesquita,

Anne Karine Freire Caldas

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

international archives of medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

ISSN - 1755-7682

DOI - 10.3823/1990

Subject(s) - medicine , scopus , web of science , population , medline , risk factor , family medicine , scientific literature , meta analysis , environmental health , political science , law , biology , paleontology

Background: To identify through the scientific literature, the risk factors of the nursing diagnosis “risk of infection” in studies conducted in hospitalized cancer patients.Method: This is an integrative literature review performed in databases Latin American Literature in Health Sciences; PubMedCentral, Cumulative Index toNursingandAllied Health Literature; Medical LiteratureAnalysis and Retrieval System Online; Scopus Info Site; Web of Science; Nursing Databases; and Bibliographical Index Espanol de Ciencias de la Salud in January 2016, using the keywords of Health Sciences and Medical Subject Headings: (Neoplasms OR Cancer), "Cross Infection", "Risk Factors". Inclusion criteria were scientific articles available in full, with results of at least one risk factor for the nursing diagnosis studied in patients aged 18 years of age or older. After the analysis, the final sample consisted of 59 articles.Results: predominated studies outside Brazil with the level of evidence III.2. Out of 19 risk factors for diagnosis, 11 were identified in the literature for this population.Conclusion: in studies of hospitalized cancer population, risk factors of nursing diagnosis “risk of infection” were found.

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