title: [Integrative review: concepts and methods used in nursing].
abstract: Integrative review (IR) has an international reputation in nursing research and evidence-based practice. This IR aimed at identifying and analyzing the concepts and methods recommended to undertaking IR in nursing. Nine information resources,including electronic databases and grey literature were searched. Seventeen studies were included. The results indicate that: primary studies were mostly from USA; it is possible to have several research questions or hypotheses and include primary studies in the review from different theoretical and methodological approaches; it is a type of review that can go beyond the analysis and synthesis of findings from primary studies allowing exploiting other research dimensions, and that presents potentialities for the development of new theories and new problems for research.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  IR is understood as a very complex type of review and it is expected to be developed using standardized and systematic methods to ensure the required rigor of scientific research and therefore the legitimacy of the established evidence.
authors.affiliation: University of São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil, cassiaso@usp.br.
authors.forename: Cassia Baldini
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Soares
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Luiza Akiko Komura
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Hoga
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Marina
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Peduzzi
authors.affiliation: Universidade Estadual do Centro-Oeste, Guarapuava, PR, Brazil.
authors.forename: Carine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sangaleti
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, Department of Collective Health Nursing, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Tatiana
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yonekura
authors.affiliation: College of Public Health, Department of Maternal-Child Health, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Deborah Rachel Audebert Delage
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Silva
mesh_terms: D009729:Nursing / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards*; D015399:Nursing Research / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards*