Exploring the utility of Preevid, an evidence-based answer service to clinical questions, during the COVID-19 pandemic.

IF 2.2 4区医学 Q2 INFORMATION SCIENCE & LIBRARY SCIENCE

Health Information and Libraries Journal Pub Date : 2025-07-08 DOI:10.1111/hir.12583

Concepción Rosa-García, Amalia Mas-Bleda, Josefa Patricia Moreno-Pina, Isabel Pozo-Serrano, María Del Carmen Sánchez-López, Juan Antonio Sánchez-Sánchez, Enrique Aguinaga-Ontoso

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Abstract

Background: Clinical question services offer evidence-based relevant clinical information allowing health professionals to obtain answers in a timely manner.

Objectives: To explore the use and usefulness of Preevid, an evidence-based answering service for clinical questions, among health workers during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Methods: This study analyses the COVID-19-related clinical questions received in the Preevid service between 1 March 2020 and 28 February 2022. Particularly, it examines the topic, the type of professional who raised those questions, the epidemic period in which they were made, and the impact of the questions openly published on the Preevid online bank.

Results: Preevid service received 1111 clinical questions, of which 252 (22.7%) were about COVID-19 and half of these (132) were published on the online bank. The majority of COVID-19-related questions were about prevention (57.5%) and were mainly raised by physicians (57.9%) and nurses (34.1%). The Preevid question bank received 25,865,015 online views and it was mainly visited during the first months of the pandemic. COVID-19-related questions had 5,182,723 online views, of which 55% were originated in Spain.

Conclusions: Preevid, the service that gives evidence-based answers to clinical questions, helps health professionals with clinical decision making and clinical practice, also in crisis situations such as a pandemic.

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在COVID-19大流行期间，探索基于证据的临床问题回答服务Preevid的效用。

背景：临床问题服务提供循证相关的临床信息，使卫生专业人员能够及时获得答案。目的：探讨COVID-19大流行期间卫生工作者对临床问题循证回答服务Preevid的使用和有用性。方法：本研究分析2020年3月1日至2022年2月28日Preevid服务收到的与covid -19相关的临床问题。特别地，它审查了主题、提出这些问题的专业人员的类型、提出这些问题的流行时期，以及在Preevid网上银行公开发表的问题的影响。结果：预审服务共收到临床问题1111个，其中与新冠肺炎相关的问题252个（22.7%），其中有一半（132个）发表在网银上。与covid -19相关的问题以预防为主（57.5%），主要由医生（57.9%）和护士（34.1%）提出。Preevid题库的在线访问量为25,865,015次，主要是在大流行的头几个月访问的。与covid -19相关的问题在线浏览量为5182723次，其中55%来自西班牙。结论：Preevid是一项为临床问题提供循证答案的服务，可帮助卫生专业人员进行临床决策和临床实践，在大流行等危机情况下也是如此。

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Health Information and Libraries Journal INFORMATION SCIENCE & LIBRARY SCIENCE-

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6.70

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10.50%

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期刊介绍： Health Information and Libraries Journal (HILJ) provides practitioners, researchers, and students in library and health professions an international and interdisciplinary forum. Its objectives are to encourage discussion and to disseminate developments at the frontiers of information management and libraries. A major focus is communicating practices that are evidence based both in managing information and in supporting health care. The Journal encompasses: - Identifying health information needs and uses - Managing programmes and services in the changing health environment - Information technology and applications in health - Educating and training health information professionals - Outreach to health user groups