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The Influence of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Clinical Application of Evidence-Based Practice in Health Science Professionals
(1) Background: Evidence-based practice (EBP) informs daily clinical interventions with the purpose of seeking changes to traditional practice through scientific evidence that justifies the reasons for our actions. The objectives were to describe the barriers, beliefs, and attitudes in the applicati...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8997515/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35409503 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19073821 |
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author | Gómez-Sánchez, Ana Sarabia-Cobo, Carmen Chávez Barroso, Cristian Gómez-Díaz, Amaia Salcedo Sampedro, Concepción Martínez Rioja, Elena Romero Cáceres, Ingrid Tatiana Alconero-Camarero, Ana Rosa |
author_facet | Gómez-Sánchez, Ana Sarabia-Cobo, Carmen Chávez Barroso, Cristian Gómez-Díaz, Amaia Salcedo Sampedro, Concepción Martínez Rioja, Elena Romero Cáceres, Ingrid Tatiana Alconero-Camarero, Ana Rosa |
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description | (1) Background: Evidence-based practice (EBP) informs daily clinical interventions with the purpose of seeking changes to traditional practice through scientific evidence that justifies the reasons for our actions. The objectives were to describe the barriers, beliefs, and attitudes in the application of EBP among university health professionals (not doctors) and to evaluate the influence of the COVID-19 pandemic among them. (2) Methods: This prospective study is both descriptive and observational. The individuals under study were university health professionals (not doctors) from various autonomous regions within Spain, in both public and private spheres. Sociodemographic and labor-related variables linked to the research and its completion were studied. Likewise, the survey instrument Health Sciences Evidence-Based Practice questionnaire (HS-EBP) was administered to evaluate the barriers to, beliefs in, and attitudes towards evidence-based practice. (3) Results: A total of 716 responses were gathered, of which 387 were collected during the period of confinement, and 343 in the COVID-19 post-confinement period. Possible associations that might help respond to the objectives were explored through a correlational study between the sociodemographic variables and each sub-scale of the HS-EBP 30 questionnaire (n = 716). (4) Conclusions: Barriers to, beliefs in, and attitudes towards evidence-based practice are described. There is a leadership gap where line management provides insufficient motivation to follow work routines. The COVID-19 pandemic has caused immense stress among health professionals. The post-confinement group showed a significant change in the variables “beliefs and attitudes”, and likewise in the “evaluation” block, justified by the need to update knowledge and to apply evidence. |
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spelling | pubmed-89975152022-04-12 The Influence of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Clinical Application of Evidence-Based Practice in Health Science Professionals Gómez-Sánchez, Ana Sarabia-Cobo, Carmen Chávez Barroso, Cristian Gómez-Díaz, Amaia Salcedo Sampedro, Concepción Martínez Rioja, Elena Romero Cáceres, Ingrid Tatiana Alconero-Camarero, Ana Rosa Int J Environ Res Public Health Article (1) Background: Evidence-based practice (EBP) informs daily clinical interventions with the purpose of seeking changes to traditional practice through scientific evidence that justifies the reasons for our actions. The objectives were to describe the barriers, beliefs, and attitudes in the application of EBP among university health professionals (not doctors) and to evaluate the influence of the COVID-19 pandemic among them. (2) Methods: This prospective study is both descriptive and observational. The individuals under study were university health professionals (not doctors) from various autonomous regions within Spain, in both public and private spheres. Sociodemographic and labor-related variables linked to the research and its completion were studied. Likewise, the survey instrument Health Sciences Evidence-Based Practice questionnaire (HS-EBP) was administered to evaluate the barriers to, beliefs in, and attitudes towards evidence-based practice. (3) Results: A total of 716 responses were gathered, of which 387 were collected during the period of confinement, and 343 in the COVID-19 post-confinement period. Possible associations that might help respond to the objectives were explored through a correlational study between the sociodemographic variables and each sub-scale of the HS-EBP 30 questionnaire (n = 716). (4) Conclusions: Barriers to, beliefs in, and attitudes towards evidence-based practice are described. There is a leadership gap where line management provides insufficient motivation to follow work routines. The COVID-19 pandemic has caused immense stress among health professionals. The post-confinement group showed a significant change in the variables “beliefs and attitudes”, and likewise in the “evaluation” block, justified by the need to update knowledge and to apply evidence. MDPI 2022-03-23 /pmc/articles/PMC8997515/ /pubmed/35409503 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19073821 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Gómez-Sánchez, Ana Sarabia-Cobo, Carmen Chávez Barroso, Cristian Gómez-Díaz, Amaia Salcedo Sampedro, Concepción Martínez Rioja, Elena Romero Cáceres, Ingrid Tatiana Alconero-Camarero, Ana Rosa The Influence of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Clinical Application of Evidence-Based Practice in Health Science Professionals |
title | The Influence of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Clinical Application of Evidence-Based Practice in Health Science Professionals |
title_full | The Influence of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Clinical Application of Evidence-Based Practice in Health Science Professionals |
title_fullStr | The Influence of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Clinical Application of Evidence-Based Practice in Health Science Professionals |
title_full_unstemmed | The Influence of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Clinical Application of Evidence-Based Practice in Health Science Professionals |
title_short | The Influence of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Clinical Application of Evidence-Based Practice in Health Science Professionals |
title_sort | influence of the covid-19 pandemic on the clinical application of evidence-based practice in health science professionals |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8997515/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35409503 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19073821 |
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