Calidad del cuidado enfermero en personas con discapacidad en el contexto de America Latina

Abstract

Introduction: Nowadays, the quality of nursing care is gaining more and more importance in Latin America because it is a tool that allows improving treatment and reducing clinical and administrative errors, enabling better patient management. However, this has been little explored in the field of disability due to lack of interest, resources and information about their health conditions. Objective: To determine the quality of nursing care in people with disabilities in Latin America context. Methods: it is a systematic review and a meta-analysis using databases such as: BVS, MEDLINE, PubMed LILACS, SCIELO, through keywords like: disability, nursing care, quality, care, nursing, using the Spanish and English languages, during the period between 2015 to 2020, with the use of PRISMA methods. Results: The initial search provided a total of 1300 records, being eligible 50 of them, excluding 36 that were not relevant, therefore, 14 were chosen. Conclusions: The lack of quality indicators in nursing care for disability, made clear the need to define some of them, in order to improve the care that people with different capacities receive and require, which must include tangible and intangible aspects in both the structuring, the care process and the results.