School of Library and Information Science, University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Independent Researcher, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
BMJ Open. 2023 Mar 23;13(3):e068946. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-068946.
To initiate a critical dialogue within the evidence-based practice (EBP) communities regarding the necessity of clear and accessible concepts that bridge the gap between research and practical use for non-expert stakeholders.
There has been consistent evidence of failure to translate high-quality biomedical and health research findings into clinical practice and policy implementation. Research findings are not making their way into practice in a timely fashion and are believed to take two decades before an intervention can make its way to patients' bedsides. Numerous concepts, models and theories have been developed to address this research application gap to guide experts in effectively applying research outcomes to practice. Unfortunately, there are no simplified descriptions of these concepts for use by lay stakeholders, such as patient representatives who may contribute meaningfully to clinical and other health research. To address this gap, as a first step towards developing and validating user-friendly concepts, we propose definitions for three commonly used concepts: knowledge translation, dissemination and implementation in a lay language. We also offer a simplified framework that connects these concepts. The suggested definitions and framework need refinement and confirmation from a broad range of non-expert stakeholders.
Insufficient simplified definitions to explain research in practical terms have led to confusion among stakeholders with limited expertise in EBP. In this context, scientific knowledge that is easy to comprehend and use is vital for non-experts to engage meaningfully and speed up the application of clinical research outcomes in patient care.
在循证实践（EBP）社区内引发一场关于非专家利益相关者在研究和实际应用之间架起桥梁的清晰易懂的概念的必要性的关键性对话。
有一致的证据表明，未能将高质量的生物医学和健康研究发现转化为临床实践和政策实施。研究结果没有及时转化为实践，据信，一项干预措施要花二十年时间才能进入患者的床边。已经开发了许多概念、模型和理论来解决这一研究应用差距，以指导专家有效地将研究成果应用于实践。不幸的是，对于非专业的利益相关者，如可能对临床和其他健康研究做出有意义贡献的患者代表，没有简化这些概念的描述。为了解决这一差距，作为开发和验证用户友好型概念的第一步，我们用通俗易懂的语言为三个常用概念（知识转化、传播和实施）提出定义。我们还提供了一个简化的框架，将这些概念联系起来。建议的定义和框架需要得到广泛的非专业利益相关者的细化和确认。
缺乏简单易懂的定义来解释实际研究导致了在循证实践方面专业知识有限的利益相关者之间的混淆。在这种情况下，对于非专家来说，易于理解和使用的科学知识对于他们有意义地参与并加速临床研究成果在患者护理中的应用至关重要。
