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. 2019 Mar 6;6(3):664-675.
doi: 10.1002/nop2.249. eCollection 2019 Jul.

The use of the concept of transition in different disciplines within health and social welfare: An integrative literature review

Ulrika Lindmark  1 , Pia H Bülow  2   3 , Jan Mårtensson  4 , Helén Rönning  5 ; A.D.U.L.T. Research Group
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The use of the concept of transition in different disciplines within health and social welfare: An integrative literature review

Ulrika Lindmark et al. Nurs Open. .

Abstract

Aims: To continuing the quest of the concept of transition in nursing research and to explore how the concept of transition is used in occupational therapy, oral health and social work as well as in interdisciplinary studies in health and welfare, between 2003-2013.

Design: An integrative literature review.

Methods: PubMed, CINAHL, PsycINFO, DOSS, SocIndex, Social Science Citation Index and AMED databases from 2003-2013 were used. Identification of 350 articles including the concept of transition in relation to disciplines included. Assessment of articles are in accordance to Meleis' typologies of transition by experts in each discipline. Chosen key factors were entered into Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS).

Results: Meleis' four typologies were found in all studied disciplines, except development in oral health. The health-illness type was the most commonly explored, whereas in social work and in occupation therapy, situational transitions dominated.

Keywords: literature review; nursing theory; occupational therapy; oral health; social welfare; social work; theory–practice gap; transition.

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Conflict of interest statement

No conflict of interest has been declared by the authors.

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Flow diagram of the systematic review process
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Key factors from the included articles which formed the variables included in the analysis. (a) Other: type of transition other than those described by Meleis et al. (2000) or included in more than one type. (b) Other: mixed research context or undefined context. (c) Person: in this study, “person” was considered as an individual without any categorized title. (d) Other: several people or groups underwent the transition, organization or were difficult to define
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