Disseminating health evidence summaries to increase evidence use in health care

Autores

  • Maria Cristiane Barbosa Galvao Universidade de São Paulo. Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto. Departamento de Medicina Social
  • Fabio Carmona Universidade de São Paulo. Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto. Departamento de Puericultura e Pediatria
  • Roland Grand McGill University. Faculty of Medicine. Department of Family Medicine
  • Pierre Pluye McGill University. Faculty of Medicine. Department of Family Medicine
  • Ivan Luiz Marques Ricarte Universidade Estadual de Campinas. Faculdade de Tecnologia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/S1518-8787.2018052000418

Palavras-chave:

Evidence-Based Practice. Information Dissemination. Delivery of Health Care. Medical Informatics Applications. Public Health Informatics. Databases, Bibliographic, utilization.

Resumo

OBJECTIVE: To verify whether an intervention based on disseminating health evidence summaries by e-mail to health professionals increases access to health evidence databases, and whether health professionals intend to apply the evidence received by e-mail in their clinical practice. METHODS: This quantitative study started with a survey to collect demographic data and patterns of access to health evidence databases. It was followed by a longitudinal intervention, over 48 weeks, that disseminated 143 health evidence summaries to 339 health professionals with higher education degree who work in the Brazilian Unified Health System. In the longitudinal intervention phase, health professionals voluntarily assessed the received health evidence summaries using the information assessment method. Finally, the study concluded with a survey to identify changes in accessing health evidence databases. RESULTS: Of the 339 Brazilian health professionals participating in this research, 90 (26.5%) answered the initial and final surveys. After 48 weeks, there was an increase in the use of health evidence databases; 186 (54.9%) participants submitted 7,942 assessments of health evidence summaries, which were relevant for patient care in 5,409 (68%) assessments. CONCLUSIONS: The dissemination of health evidence summaries by e-mail to health professionals in Brazil increases the reported use of evidence in clinical practice.

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2018-05-08

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Galvao, M. C. B., Carmona, F., Grand, R., Pluye, P., & Ricarte, I. L. M. (2018). Disseminating health evidence summaries to increase evidence use in health care. Revista De Saúde Pública, 52, 57. https://doi.org/10.11606/S1518-8787.2018052000418