Humor intervention in the nurse-patient interaction

• Autor(a) principal: Sousa, Luís Manuel Mota
• Data de Publicação: 2019
• Outros Autores: Marques-Vieira, Cristina Maria Alves, Antunes, Ana Vanessa, Frade, Maria de Fátima Graça, Severino, Sandy Pedro Silva, Valentim, Olga Sousa
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/32407
• topic: Communication; Nurse-patient relations; Wit and humor as subject; Nursing; Patient outcome assessment; Comunicação; Relações enfermeiro-paciente; Senso de humor e humor como assunto; Enfermagem; Valiação de resultados da assistência ao paciente

OBJECTIVE: To describe the factors influencing the use of humor in nursing care, its applicability and benefits. METHOD: A scoping review was performed using the Arksey and O'Mally methodology. A search for articles published between 2008 and 2018 was performed using the platforms EBSCO Host, Virtual Health Library and Google Scholar. RESULTS: From the initial 465 articles found, 17 were included for final revision. Data allowed to retrieve information on humor definition; its applicability as a nursing intervention; humor as a tool to improve nurse-patient communication and relationship; influence factors; type of humor interventions; humor benefits in health care context and; limitations and precautions of humor intervention. CONCLUSION: The use of humor promotes both communication and human interaction; it promotes well-being; helps deal/cope with difficult and unpleasant situations, reduces tension, discomfort and stress; and strengthens the immune system. This intervention should be used with caution.