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. 2025 Aug 18:46:e20240161.
doi: 10.1590/1983-1447.2025.20240161.en. eCollection 2025.

Evidence-based practice knowledge, attitude and skills among healthcare professionals: a quasi-experimental study

[Article in English, Portuguese]
Regina Claudia da Silva Souza  1   2 , Wania Regina Mollo Baia  1 , Vilanice Alves de Araújo Püschel  2
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Evidence-based practice knowledge, attitude and skills among healthcare professionals: a quasi-experimental study

[Article in English, Portuguese]
Regina Claudia da Silva Souza et al. Rev Gaucha Enferm. .
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Abstract

Objective: To analyze health professionals' knowledge, attitude, and skills before and after implementing the evidence-based practice (EBP) methodology of the Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI).

Method: A quasi-experimental study was conducted in a private hospital between June and December 2021 after implementing an institutional evidence-based practice program. Best practice projects in care units were developed according to the JBI framework. The healthcare professionals in the units where the best practice projects were implemented answered a questionnaire that included sociodemographic details and self-assessed EBP. The RedCap platform distributed the survey to the participants' institutional e-mail addresses. Descriptive and inferential statistical analysis were used.

Results: Thirty-five professionals responded to the survey before and after the program was implemented. There was no statistically significant difference between the scores obtained before and after the program's implementation in any domain or total score of the questionnaire (p-0.860). Sociodemographic variables were not associated with better performance in self-assessment.

Conclusion: The EBP skills of the healthcare professionals analyzed showed no improvement after the intervention.

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