Complementary and Alternative Medicine offered by nurses in Primary Health Care
The aim of this study was to assess and analyze the provision of Complementary and Alternative Medicine in primary health care by nurses in the city of São Paulo, and the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on this provision. This was a descriptive time series study conducted with secondary data from th...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2022 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Institución: | Centro Brasileiro de Estudos de Saude |
| Repositorio: | Saude em Debate |
| Idioma: | inglés portugués |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.saudeemdebate.emnuvens.com.br:article/5964 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://www.saudeemdebate.org.br/sed/article/view/5964 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Cuidados de enfermagem. Atenção Primária à Saúde. Terapias complementares. Integralidade em saúde. Saúde pública. Nursing care. Primary Health Care. Complementary therapies. Integrality in health. Public health. |
| Sumario: | The aim of this study was to assess and analyze the provision of Complementary and Alternative Medicine in primary health care by nurses in the city of São Paulo, and the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on this provision. This was a descriptive time series study conducted with secondary data from the official database of the Informatics Department of the Unified Health System for the period from 2018 to2020. The results showed that complementary therapies provided by nurses totaled 10,933 procedures in 2018, 24,684 in 2019, and 12,651 in 2020. Between 2018 and 2019, there was a 120% increase in provision,a trend that was interrupted in 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The provision of these therapies by nurses is a form of holistic care and expanded understanding of the health and disease process. However, despite the great potential for the application of this approach to health care, this category accounts for a small percentage of total services in the community studied. |
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