Cuidados preventivos para dermatite associada à incontinência baseados em evidências

Abstract

Dermatitis associated with incontinence has clinical, economic, social and psychological importance for people with incontinence, and represents a challenge for health professionals. Objectives: To characterize publications dermatitis prevention measures associated with incontinence from 2000 to 2015; establish effective recommendations for prevention of dermatitis associated with incontinence. Method: it is the study of integrative review, whose search publications occurred through the Virtual Health Library searching the MEDLINE, LILACS and SciELO, Cochrane Library, CINAHL and IBECS. Four articles met the inclusion criteria. Results: publications on was a 2005, two in 2010 and 2012. All written by five or more authors, and most of them did not provide information about the profession or qualification of these authors. Most of the studies was developed in European countries, involving comparative, controlled and descriptive studies, addressing how individuals and older adults survey, with a sample that varied between 12 and 54 individuals. Two of these dealt publications on the properties of creams for hydration and protection to the skin and two on aspects of disposable diapers used for incontinent individuals. Conclusion: four were proposed care to prevent dermatitis with evidence level III and IV.