Aim: To assess the effectiveness of a model of implementation of evidence-based recommendations, in terms of patient outcomes and healthcare quality. Desing: Quasi-experimental, multicentre, before-and-after. Methods Primary-care and hospital-care units and associated socio-healthcare structures, and the patients attended at both. Intervention: Implementation of evidence-based recommendations by application of the Getting Research into Practice model (process of improvement by reference to a prior baseline clinical audit). Variables: Process and outcome criteria with respect to pain, urinary incontinence and fall prevention. Data will be collected at baseline and, during the first year of follow up, at months (3, 6, 9,12), with data on patients and indicators being drawn from clinical histories and records. Descriptive analysis, and comparison of the effectiveness of the intervention by means of inferential analysis and analysis of trends across follow-up. 95% confidence level. This project is funded by Spanish Strategic Health Action November 2014. Project duration 2015-2017.
There is a gap between research and clinical practice, leading to variability in decision-making. Clinical audits are an effective strategy for improving implementation of best practices. Quasi-experimental, multicentre, before-and-after. Primary-care and hospital-care units and associated socio-healthcare structures, and the patients attended at both. Implementation of evidence-based recommendations by application of the Getting Research into Practice model (process of improvement by reference to a prior baseline clinical audit. Data will be collected at baseline and, during the first year of follow up, at months (3, 6, 9,12)