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The objectives were to describe the barriers, beliefs, and attitudes in the application of EBP among university health professionals (not doctors) and to evaluate the influence of the COVID-19 pandemic among them. (2) Methods: This prospective study is both descriptive and observational. The individuals under study were university health professionals (not doctors) from various autonomous regions within Spain, in both public and private spheres. Sociodemographic and labor-related variables linked to the research and its completion were studied. Likewise, the survey instrument Health Sciences Evidence-Based Practice questionnaire (HS-EBP) was administered to evaluate the barriers to, beliefs in, and attitudes towards evidence-based practice. (3) Results: A total of 716 responses were gathered, of which 387 were collected during the period of confinement, and 343 in the COVID-19 post-confinement period. Possible associations that might help respond to the objectives were explored through a correlational study between the sociodemographic variables and each sub-scale of the HS-EBP 30 questionnaire (n = 716). (4) Conclusions: Barriers to, beliefs in, and attitudes towards evidence-based practice are described. There is a leadership gap where line management provides insufficient motivation to follow work routines. The COVID-19 pandemic has caused immense stress among health professionals. The post-confinement group showed a significant change in the variables \u201cbeliefs and attitudes\u201d, and likewise in the \u201cevaluation\u201d block, justified by the need to update knowledge and to apply evidence.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/ijerph19073821","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,3,23]],"date-time":"2022-03-23T12:20:25Z","timestamp":1648038025000},"page":"3821","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":3,"title":["The Influence of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Clinical Application of Evidence-Based Practice in Health Science Professionals"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"19","author":[{"given":"Ana","family":"G\u00f3mez-S\u00e1nchez","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Hospital Universitario Marqu\u00e9s de Valdecilla, Servicio C\u00e1ntabro de Salud, 39011 Santander, Spain"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-7929-4042","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Carmen","family":"Sarabia-Cobo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"IDIVAL Nursing Research Group, Faculty of Nursing, Universidad de Cantabria, 39011 Santander, Spain"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Cristian","family":"Ch\u00e1vez Barroso","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Hospital Universitario Virgen del Roc\u00edo, 41013 Sevilla, Spain"},{"name":"Facultad de Enfermer\u00eda, Universidad de Huelva, 21003 Huelva, Spain"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Amaia","family":"G\u00f3mez-D\u00edaz","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Hospital Universitario Marqu\u00e9s de Valdecilla, Servicio C\u00e1ntabro de Salud, 39011 Santander, Spain"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Concepci\u00f3n","family":"Salcedo Sampedro","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Hospital de D\u00eda M\u00e9dico, Hospital Universitario Marqu\u00e9s de Valdecilla en Cantabria, 39011 Santander, Spain"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Elena","family":"Mart\u00ednez Rioja","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Centro de Atenci\u00f3n a la Dependencia Santander, 39011 Santander, Spain"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ingrid Tatiana","family":"Romero C\u00e1ceres","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Independent Researcher, 39011 Santander, Spain"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ana Rosa","family":"Alconero-Camarero","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"IDIVAL Nursing Research Group, Faculty of Nursing, Universidad de Cantabria, 39011 Santander, Spain"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,3,23]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"71","DOI":"10.1136\/bmj.312.7023.71","article-title":"Evidence based medicine: What it is and what it isn\u2019t","volume":"312","author":"Sackett","year":"1996","journal-title":"BMJ"},{"key":"ref_2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1","DOI":"10.1186\/1472-6920-5-1","article-title":"Sicily statement on evidence-based practice","volume":"5","author":"Dawes","year":"2005","journal-title":"BMC Med. 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