The consolidated framework for implementation research (CFIR) extracted, analyzed and integrated many published theories, frameworks and models of implementation research, and provided a comprehensive and practical theoretical framework for researchers to explore the influencing factors in the implementation of evidence. This paper introduces the origin, core content and application examples of CFIR in evidence-based nursing practice, in order to provide reference for researchers to use CFIR to carry out implementation research.
Researches in evidence-based medicine have provided important evidence for family planning doctors to guide their clinical practice. With examples of clinical researches, the practical methods of evidence-based medicine in family planning service are discussed in this paper.
ObjectiveTo provide the best evidence for an old diabetic patient who combined with frailty syndrome with the goal of glycemic control, treatment strategy and their prognosis.
MethodsPubMed, MEDLINE (Ovid), EMbase, The Cochrane Library (Issue 11, 2015) and CNKI were searched from their inception to Nov. 2015, to collect evidence about the management of glycemic control. Evidences were analyzed by the way of evidenced-based criterions.
ResultsOne clinical guideline, one meta-analysis, three RCTs, seven cohort studies and four case-control studies were included. Evidence showed that compared with patient uncombined with frailty, old diabetic patients with frailty had a higher prevalence of dementia, cardiovascular diseases and death; Aggressive glycemic control could not reduce the prevalence of cardiovascular events and the risk of death, while it could increase the risk of falling. Glycemic control was more comprehensive which would be taken frailty into consideration. Diet rich in protein (especially leucine), resistance exercise and reasonable medications based on comprehensive geriatric assessment were proved benefit for the old diabetic patient.
ConclusionThe incidence of cardiovascular events, hypoglycemia and mortality are increased in this old diabetic patient who combined with frailty. Maintaining HbA1c around 7.5% is reasonable and diet with enough calorie and rich in protein (especially leucine), resistance exercises should be recommended for the person.
As evidence-based practice (EBP) continues to be valued, the guideline implementation has become an important field for research and practice in health care. In order to better guide the guideline implementation in the field of health care, this paper combines the EBP experience gained from several EBP programs carried out in our hospital those years, in aim of exploring and sharing the methodology of guideline implementation in domestic clinical settings.
We searched randomized controlled trials, meta-analysis and systematic reviews from OVID-EBM Reviews which included ACP Journal Club, The Cochrane Library, and MEDLINE(1991 to 2005 ) to evaluate clinical effectiveness of pit and fissure sealants for caries. The resultsshowed that pit and fissure sealants were recommended to prevent caries of the occlusal surface. The effectiveness varied between the two types of sealants, in general, flowable resin composite had a more satisfactory retention than glass ionomer composite. Acid etch was helpful for less microleakage and more satisfactory retention. Mechanical air-abrasion with acid etch may have the best border seal, However, we were not sure of the effectiveness of Er:YAG laser, technique of dental drill preparation and splicing. More high quality clinical trials on pit and fissure sealants are still needed.
Objective To evaluate the published case-reports of evidence-based practice(EBP) over three years,and to improve the quality of the papers and provide a recommended writing model. Methods Collecting the published 20 case-report of EBP and assessing their writing quality in 5 aspects according to the steps of EBP. Results Many Abstracts did not reflect entire context, and convey the overall information to readers, a formative structured Abstract should be taken. Most case-reports only involved with therapy,few diagnostic,harm and prognostic case-reports were republished,few EBP of surgery and other specialties, such as ENT,ophthalmology were mentioned.Searching strategies were not sufficiently described.Most authors only search The Cochrane Library and PubMed,while predigested sources were seldom used.Critical appraisal of evidence was difficult to each author,most papers were lack of appraisal or simply evaluated the validity of used evidence,and applicability of evidence was not clearly explained.All the papers did not conduct post evaluation.Conclusions Much needs to be done in improving the quality of published case-reporters of EBP,a standardized writing model should be recommended.
The first Global Evidence Summit (GES) was held in Cape Town in South Africa from September 13th to November 16th, 2017. This paper interprets the construction of digital and trustworthy evidence ecosystem which was proposed to be established by the GES.
Evidence-based orthodontics has developed rapidly in recent years, but the lack of a good quality, clinical evidence base is a problem for orthodontic practice. All orthodontists should keep the concept of evidence-based medicine in mind during patient-oriented practice. This would help us to improve our practice and to make the best clinical decisions.