ID	Used theory	Author(s)	Study objective	Theory (applied, tested, created or discussed?)
12	Transitions theory	Afaf Meleis	Know the facilitators of the transition process of the dependency to the self-care of a person with an ostomy.	Applied
13	Self-care theory	Dorothea E. Orem	Identify the constraint factors to the self-care in patients with an ostomy and verify knowledge and experience about the care with an ostomy.	Applied
14	Self-care theory	Dorothea E. Orem	Apply the Self-care Theory of Orem in the assistance of the patient with an ostomy.	Applied
15	Basic human needs theory	Wanda Horta	Describe the daily problems lived by patients with Urinary Diversion and relate them with the Basic Human Needs Theory of Wanda Horta.	Applied
16	Self-care theory	Dorothea E. Orem	Describe the interventions made to promote the self-care of and elder with intestinal ostomy.	Applied
17	Cultural diversity and universal theory	Madeleine Leininger	Describe a theory of nursing that support the meaning of cultureasan essential concept of the nursing experience.	Applied
18	Transpersonal care theory	Jean Watson	Analyze the spiritual quality of life of the seniors with intestinal ostomy.	Applied
19	Family system theory	Von Bertallanfy	Investigate the relation between the familiar dynamics and control locus of health in families that had a member with an ostomy.	Applied
20	Adaptation model and stress theory	Callista Roy e Lazarus & Folkman	Identify which factors contribute to the post-surgery adjustment of patients that had been submitted to a surgery of permanent colostomy.	Applied
21	Ecological social theory	M. Powell Lawton	Identify the factors that hinder or ease the detection and treatment of an ostomy and skin issues.	Applied
22	Self-care theory of orem	Dorothea E. Orem	Investigate the assistance of perioperative nursing and methods to improve the quality of life.	Applied
23	Stress theory	Lazarus & Folkman	Describe the strategies developed by the patients with digestive ostomy to deal with their situation.	Applied