Concept analysis of the nursing result Weight Loss Behavior in adolescents.
Behavior; Weight loss; Obesity and Nursing.
Obesity is a chronic disease of multifactorial origin defined as the accumulation of excess fat abnormal or harmful to health. Currently, it is characterized as a public health problem worldwide and constitutes a risk factor for the development of diseases. Thus, it stands to nursing as a profession able to direct their actions and list the care directed to people with overweight and obesity. Objective of this study was to analyze the concept of weight loss behavior in adolescents. concept analysis study on the model Walker and Avant and operationalized through integrative literature review. Databases searched way: SCOPUS, CINAHL, PubMed, LILACS, WEB OF SICENICE And Sicence DIRECT with the descriptors: Behavior; Weight Loss; Obesity and Adolescent. Inclusion criteria were: full articles available on the selected databases; articles available in Portuguese, English or Spanish; articles that portray the relevant thematic review. Exclusion criteria were: reviews, abstracts, editorials, expert opinions and letters to the editor. The survey of articles occurred in the months of May to July 2016. The initial sample of 427,783 articles, and 2,129 in CINAHL, 184 in Lilacs, 229,911 in Scopus, 23,869 in Pubmed, Web of Science in 9965 and 161,725 in Science Direct. The results show that the concept developed for the behavior for weight loss is the result of actions and interventions designed to control habits and achieve goals set by health professionals. Thus, it is concluded that the concept developed for the behavior for weight loss is comprehensive and involves adolescent individual actions with family and health professionals. It is believed that research has contributed to the improvement of results in the population with overweight and obesity, as well as being essential knowledge to the scientific body of nursing science.