The paths from research to improved health outcomes.
The paths from research to improved health outcomes.
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DOI:
10.1136/ebn.8.2.36
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发表时间:
2005-04-01
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通讯作者:
Haynes, Brian
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作者:
Glasziou, Paul;Haynes, Brian
Evidence-based medicine aims to provide clinicians and patients with choices about the most effective care based on the best available research evidence. To patients this is a natural expectation. To clinicians this is a near impossible dream. The US report Bridging the quality chasm has documented and drawn attention to the gap between what we know and what we do. 1 The report identified 3 types of quality problems—overuse, underuse, and misuse. It suggested:‘‘The burden of harm conveyed by the collective impact of all of our health care quality problems is staggering.’’While attention has focused on misuse (or error), a larger portion of the preventable burden is likely to be the evidence-practice gaps of underuse and overuse. Research that should change practice is often ignored for years—for example, crystalloid (rather than colloid) for shock, 2 supine position after lumbar puncture, 3 bed rest for any medical condition, 3 and appropriate use of anticoagulants and aspirin among patients with atrial fibrillation. 4 Antman et al documented the substantial delays between cardiovascular trial results and textbook recommendations. 5 However, even when best practices are well known they are often poorly implemented: national surveys show that the majority of hypertensive patients are undetected, untreated, or inadequately controlled, 6 which has led to the current interest in knowledge translation. 7PRACTICE FAMINE AMIDST THE EVIDENCE GLUT What role does evidence-based medicine8 have in bridging the research-practice gap? Surveys of clinicians suggest that a major barrier to using current research evidence is the time, effort, and skills needed to access the right information among the massive volumes of research. 9 Even for a