Sumamos Excelencia Project: Implementation of Best Practices in Clinical Practice (Thrid Edition)

There is a gap between research and clinical practice, leading to variability in decision-making. Multifaceted implementation strategies are for improving implementation of best practices. Quasi-experimental, multicentre, before and after. Primary care, hospital units and nursing homes, and the patients attended at both. Implementation of evidence-based recommendations by application of a multifaceted implementation strategy (training, audit, context analysis, local strategies design, feedback, facilitation). Data will be collected at baseline and, during the first year of follow up, at months (4,8,12)

Aim: To assess the effectiveness of implementing evidence-based recommendations using multifaceted implementation strategy on patient outcomes and healthcare quality. Design: Quasi-experimental, multicentre, before-and-after. Methods: NHS units and Nursing Homes, patients attended by them and professionals implementing the recommendations. Intervention: implementation of evidence-based recommendation with a multifaceted implementation strategy (training, audit, context analysis, local strategies design, feedback, facilitation). Variables: Process and outcome criteria with respect to assessment and management of pain, management of urinary incontinence, prevention of child obesity, promotion of breastfeeding, promotion of hand hygiene, smoking cessation intervention, pressure injury prevention, fall prevention, competencies in evidence-based practice, barriers to the implementation and strategies for overcoming them. Data will be collected at baseline and, during the first year of follow-up, at months 4, 8 and 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 partially funded by The Spanish Centre for Evidence Based Nursing and Healthcare. Project duration 2024-2025. This project is a third edition of The SUMAMOS EXCELENCIA Project: Assessment of Implementation of Best Practices in a National Health System (NCT05466656), with an improved design and new recommendation topics.