REVIEW SPIRITUALITY AND RELIGIOSITY IN HEALTH CARE: AN INTEGRA- TIVE REVIEW ABSTRACT Objective: describe how health, spirituality and religiosity are discussed in Brazilian scientifc publi - cations. Method: integrative literature review of the period between 2011 and 2016, developed in the Vir- tual Health Library in November 2017, using the descriptors: “Health”, “Spirituality”, “Religiosity”. Results: for the analysis, according to the established inclusion criteria, 30 articles were selected and four categories were identi fed: Concepts and conceptions of religiosity and spirituality; Reli - giosity and spirituality as strategies to cope with disease; Need for spiritual support; and Lack of professional preparation. The relevance of the spiritual dimension in care was veri fed, as well as the need to comprehensively consider all dimensions of the human being: biopsychic, spiritual and social. Conclusion: studies were found that suggest that some religious practices are capable of offering both positive and negative aspects in the physical and mental health of their practitioners. DESCRIPTORS: Spirituality; Religion: Care: Health; Review. HOW TO REFERENCE THIS ARTICLE: Thiengo PCS, Gomes AMT, Mercês MC, Couto PLS, França LCM, Silva AB. Spirituality and religiosity in health care: an integrative review. Cogitare enferm. [Internet]. 2019 [access “insert day, monh and year”]; 24. Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.5380/ce.v24i0.58694. 1 RN. Ph.D. candidate in Nursing. Nursing Lecturer at Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil. 2 RN. Ph.D. in Nursing. Nursing Lecturer at Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil. 3 RN. Ph.D. candidate in Health Sciences. Lecturer at Universidade do Estado da Bahia. Bahia, BA, Brazil. 4 RN. M.Sc. in Nursing. Lecturer at Faculdade Guanambi. Bahia, BA, Brazil. 5 RN. M.Sc. in Nursing. Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil. 6 RN. Master’s student in Nursing. Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil. Priscila Cristina da Silva Thiengo 1 , Antonio Marcos Tosoli Gomes 2 , Magno Conceição das Mercês 3 , Pablo Luiz Santos Couto 4 , Luiz Carlos Moraes França 5 , Alba Nunes da Silva 6 dx.doi.org/10.5380/ce.v24i0.58692 Cogitare enferm. 24: e58692, 2019