title: [Use of patients' classification instruments: analysis of the brazilian production of knowledge].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To analyze the production of scientific knowledge about the use of patients' classification instruments in care and management practice in Brazil.
  
  
  METHODS
  Integrative literature review with databases search in: Latin American and Caribbean Literature on Health Sciences (LILACS), Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System on-line (MEDLINE), Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL) and SCOPUS, between January 2002 through December 2013.
  
  
  RESULTS
  1,194 studies were found, 31 met the inclusion criteria. We observed a higher number of studies in the category care plans and workload (n=15), followed by the category evaluation of psychometric properties (n=14).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Brazilian knowledge production has not yet investigated some purposes of using instruments for classifying patients in professional nursing practice. The identification of unexplored areas can guide future research on the topic.
authors.affiliation: Medical School of São José do Rio Preto, São José do Rio Preto, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Sonia Portella de
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Abreu
authors.affiliation: Departament of Specialized Nursing, Medical School of São José do Rio Preto, São José do Rio Preto, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Daniele Alcalá
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Pompeo
authors.affiliation: Departament of Specialized Nursing, Medical School of São José do Rio Preto, São José do Rio Preto, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Márcia Galan
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Perroca
mesh_terms: D015706:Bibliometrics; D001938:Brazil; D006801:Humans; D009730:Nursing Assessment / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D009736:Nursing Process / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results