Specialized nursing terminology for the care of people with metabolic syndrome

ABSTRACT

Objective

To build a specialized nursing terminology for the care of people with metabolic syndrome in Primary Health Care.

Method

Methodological study, based on the identification of nursing concepts for the care of people with the syndrome, validation of concepts with nurses experts, and cross-mapping with the early concepts of ICNP® 2017.

Results

Of the concepts extracted, 489 involved psychobiological, psychosocial, and psycho-spiritual needs. Of these, 441 concepts were validated and subjected to mapping and analysis of similarity and comprehensiveness, which allowed the elimination of concepts considered synonyms, culminating in 389 concepts related to the needs of people with metabolic syndrome, in which 43.7% of validated concepts were not contained in the 2017 version of the ICNP®. Of the constant and non-constant concepts, 42.3% were classified in the Action axis, followed by the Focus axis (34.9%).

Conclusion and implications for practice

With the achievement of the objective, there is the advance in knowledge about the use of ICNP®, with a proposal to standardize professional language for the care of people with metabolic syndrome, with the potential to increase Primary Health Care information systems with indicators of nursing care for people with aggregation of cardiovascular risk factors.

Keywords:
Nursing; Terminology; Metabolic Syndrome; Primary Health Care