Getting research findings into practice: Finding information on clinical effectiveness

A nursing qualitative systematic review required MEDLINE and CINAHL for study identification

“…The databases most likely to contain the highest number of references relevant to nursing topics are CINAHL (Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature), MEDLINE (Medical Literature, Analysis, and Retrieval System Online), and EMBASE (Excerpta Medica Database) [6]. CINAHL, produced by Cinahl Information Systems (Glendale, CA, USA), was established in 1982.…”

Staff and Patient Perceptions of Research in an Integrated Mental Health Service

“…This is an important finding and has implications for dissemination of research findings and the ease with which patients can access information resources in general. In contrast, the majority of staff had access to the Internet, a reassuring finding as information technology resources can provide access to high quality evidence based services and systematic reviews (Duffy, 2004(Duffy, , 2005Glanville et al, 1998;Haynes & Haines, 1998). It was noteworthy, however, that nurses were less likely to have access to the Internet at both work and home compared to medical and allied health staff.…”

“…Over two-thirds of staff respondents cited conferences and published journal articles as useful ways to learn about research results. There does, however, need to be wider dissemination of results to research participants, managers, as well as recognized centers for dissemination in a format that encourages identification and use by the target audience (Cutcliffe & Bassett, 1997;Glanville et al, 1998). Policy and procedures have been found to be a valuable source of knowledge for nursing practice, confirming the importance of evidence based care protocols (Gerrish & Clayton, 2004).…”

“…A useful approach has been the development of research and evidence based education resources to encourage research and evidence based practice (Cleary & Freeman, 2005; Monash Institute of Health Services Research, 2005). Evidence based health care demands a questioning attitude towards clinical practice and is underpinned by lifelong learning informed by research evidence (Glanville, Haines, & Auston, 1998). Given the multidisciplinary nature of mental health care, there is opportunity for constructive cross-disciplinary research with other health professionals and patients (Hallberg, 2004).…”

How much do you need: a randomised experiment of whether readers can understand the key messages from summaries of Cochrane Reviews without reading the full review

“…4 If the style of communication was thought to be inaccessible for readers, then the impact of systematic reviews would be limited 5 ; to be accessible, it must be packaged in a format that will promote identification and encourage use. 6 With this in mind, it has been acknowledged that successfully conveying scientific information in an engaging and understandable way is a real challenge. 7 In order to combat this, the Cochrane Library requires that all reviews write a scientific abstract.…”