USE OF THE OPERATIVE GROUP IN HEALTH CARE: AN INTEGRATIVE REVIEW

Abstract

This study aimed to identify how the Operative Group has been used in the area of health, and what the evidence is for its use in the scientific literature. An integrative review was undertaken, in the following databases: Latin American and Caribbean Center on Health Science Information (LILACS), Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System On-Line (MEDLINE) and National Library of Medicine in the PUBMED database. Articles published between 2002 and July 2014, which addressed the Operative Group, as proposed by Pichon-Rivière, were selected. A total of 23 articles was found, discussed in the following categories: the Operative Group in Peoples’ Health Care; the Operative Group in the Professional’s Teaching-Learning Process; the Use of the Operative Group in the Management of Health Services; and, the Operative Group in Health Research. The Operative Group has been adopted in health care for chronic illnesses, research, management, and training of health workers. It is concluded that this tool is relevant for the care and that studies with other methodological designs are necessary.

Keywords

• Group processes
• Health
• Review literature as a topic
• Healthcare