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Table 1 Dataset characteristics

From: Attributes of context relevant to healthcare professionals’ use of research evidence in clinical practice: a multi-study analysis

Dataset/clinical behavior

TACT-A

Sample

 

Target

Act

Context

Time

Actor

N = 145

Country

Data collection dates

Hand hygiene

Patients

Hand hygiene

Medical and surgical wards

Before initial contact, after contact, before aseptic procedures, and after bodily fluid exposure

Physicians

12

Canada

Sept 2012–Feb 2013

Residents

8

Pre-operative assessment

Patients

Completing an assessment without a routine electro-cardiography

Pre-assessment units

During pre-operative assessments

Anesthesiologist surgeons

11

5

Canada

Sept 2009–Oct 2009

Adult computerized tomography head rule

Patients

Using an adult computerized tomography head rule

Adult emergency room

During emergency room visit for a head injury

Emergency room physicians

8

Canada

Mar 2010–Jun 2010

Child computerized tomography head rule

Patients

Using a child computerized tomography head rule

Pediatric emergency room

During emergency room visit for a head injury

Physicians

10

Canada

Jan 2011–Jul 2011

Nurses

3

Donation after cardio-circulatory death

Patients

Donation after cardio-circulatory death

Hospitals that perform organ donation

At circulatory death

Intensivists

12

Canada

Oct 2013–Jul 2014

ICU nurses

8

Organ donation coordinators

9

Fetal monitoring

Patients

Intermittent auscultation for fetal surveillance

Birthing units

During labor

Labor and delivery nurses

12

Canada

Apr 2010–May 2010

Red blood cell transfusion-2

Patients

Watching and waiting vs. infusing red blood cells

General surgery wards

When patient has borderline hemoglobin

Orthopedic surgeons

12

Canada

Sept 2008–Jul 2009

Red blood cell transfusion-1

Patients

Watching and waiting vs. infusing red blood cells

Intensive care units

When patient has borderline hemoglobin

Intensivists

12

Canada

Apr 2008–Oct 2008

Bone mineral density screening

Patients ≥ 50 years

Order a bone mineral density screen

Physician’s office

At next available appointment when find out about fragility fracture

Family physicians

10

Canada

Sept 2012–Nov 2012

Smoking cessation

Patients

Adherence to a guideline for smoking cessation

Primary care

During patient visit

Family physicians

10

Canada

Mar 2009–Oct 2009

Preconception care guidelines

Patients

Adherence to guidelines for preconception care

Primary care (general practitioner office)

During patient visit

Physicians

3

Australia

Oct 2007–Nov 2007