Do community pharmacists in Nepal have a role in adverse drug reaction reporting systems?

Kc, Bhuvan; Izham, Mohamed; Alrasheedy, Alian A.; Ibrahim, Mohamed

doi:10.4066/amj.2013.1544

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“…Voluntary reporting of ADRs by healthcare professionals (HCPs) is limited [2]. There is no involvement of community pharmacists (CPs) in the existing ADR reporting system [3]. In the Pokhara valley in western Nepal, a pilot program was conducted to train selected CPs in ADR reporting and pharmacovigilance [4].…”

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“…The difficult terrain causes problems for the population in accessing healthcare facilities. The total population of Nepal in 2011 was 26.5 million [3]. The GDP per capita was US$ 562.…”

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“…A community-based ADR reporting system can play an active role in collecting reports of ADRs occurring in the community [3, 4]. …”

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“…These combined with lack of information to patients about the proper handling and use of drugs can lead to serious consequences like ADRs and interactions [14]. Studies show that community pharmacists may have an important role in pharmacovigilance [3, 23]. To participate effectively however, community pharmacists should have adequate knowledge and proper attitudes towards pharmacovigilance.…”

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Effect of an educational intervention on knowledge and attitude regarding pharmacovigilance and consumer pharmacovigilance among community pharmacists in Lalitpur district, Nepal

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BackgroundPharmacovigilance activities are in a developing stage in Nepal. ADR reporting is mainly confined to healthcare professionals working in institutions recognized as regional pharmacovigilance centers. Community pharmacists could play an important role in pharmacovigilance. This study was conducted among community pharmacists in Lalitpur district to examine their knowledge and attitude about pharmacovigilance before and after an educational intervention.MethodsKnowledge and attitude was studied before, immediately after and 6 weeks following the intervention among 75 community pharmacists. Responses were analysed using descriptive and inferential statistics. A pretested questionnaire having twelve and nine statements for assessing knowledge and attitude were used. The overall scores were obtained by adding the ‘knowledge’ and ‘attitude’ scores and ‘overall’ scores were summarized using median and interquartile range. Wilcoxon signed-rank test for repeated samples was used to compare the differences between knowledge and attitude of the pharmacists before and after the educational program.ResultsKnowledge scores [median (interquartile range)] improved significantly between pre-test [39 (44–46)], post-test [44 (44–44)] and retention period of 6 weeks after the intervention [46 (43–46)]. Knowledge score improved immediately post-intervention among both males [44 (41–47)] and females [44 (43–45)] but the retention scores (after 6 weeks) were higher [46 (42–48)] among males. Attitude scores improved significantly among females [46 (44–48)]. The overall scores were higher among pharmacists from rural areas.ConclusionKnowledge and attitude scores improved after the educational intervention. Further studies in other regions of the country are required. The national pharmacovigilance center should promote awareness about ADR reporting among community pharmacists.Electronic supplementary materialThe online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s13104-016-2343-5) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

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“…The difficult terrain causes problems for the population in accessing healthcare facilities. The total population of Nepal in 2011 was 26.5 million [3]. The GDP per capita was US$ 562.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…A community-based ADR reporting system can play an active role in collecting reports of ADRs occurring in the community [3, 4]. …”

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Effect of an educational intervention on knowledge and attitude regarding pharmacovigilance and consumer pharmacovigilance among community pharmacists in Lalitpur district, Nepal

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“…The healthcare system of Nepal is governed by Ministry of Health which utilizes comprehensive framework of health policies, strategies and plans . Healthcare services are provided through institutionalized settings owned by government (teaching and nonteaching hospitals, primary healthcare centres, health posts and subhealth posts), private sectors (teaching and nonteaching hospitals, polyclinics, clinics, community pharmacies) and community or nongovernmental or cooperative hospitals . The Nepal Government provides free basic health care for its citizen and is currently partially launching/piloting a national health insurance policy in its efforts towards universal health coverage…”

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Perception of patients towards the role of pharmacist: a cross-sectional study from selected three hospitals in Central Nepal

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Poudel

Thapa

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Objectives To determine the perception of patients towards pharmacist and factors affecting their choice of pharmacy in hospitals of central Nepal. Methods A prospective cross‐sectional study was conducted among outpatients (n = 400) of three different purposively selected hospitals of Bharatpur, Nepal, using a systematic random sampling technique. Information on socio‐demographic features, patient's description about pharmacist, frequency of interaction with pharmacist, reason for interaction, factors affecting the choice of pharmacy and patient's perception towards the role of pharmacist were collected. Descriptive statistics were calculated and chi‐squared test was used to determine the association of patient's perception and factors influencing choice of pharmacy with socio‐demographic variables. Key findings Of 400 participants, majority (45.5%) believed that pharmacists have knowledge and information about medicines and their use. Most patients (213, 53.3%) interacted rarely with pharmacist, and most common reasons for interaction were queries about drug dosage (242, 60.5%) and drug availability (110, 27.5%). The overall perception of patients towards the role and responsibilities of pharmacist was positive, and most of the perception was associated with socio‐demographic variables. Efficient communication (399, 99.7%) and appropriate counselling on side effects (397, 99.2%) were two major factors that determined the selection of pharmacy by the patients. Conclusion The overall perception of patients towards pharmacist was positive in central Nepal. However, misconceptions still persist. Selection of pharmacy in our setting was mainly based on effective communication and proper counselling on side effects.

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Sociobehavioral Aspects of Medicines Use in Developing Countries

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2018

Social and Administrative Aspects of Pharmacy in Low- And Middle-Income Countries

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Do community pharmacists in Nepal have a role in adverse drug reaction reporting systems?

Cited by 19 publications

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Effect of an educational intervention on knowledge and attitude regarding pharmacovigilance and consumer pharmacovigilance among community pharmacists in Lalitpur district, Nepal

Effect of an educational intervention on knowledge and attitude regarding pharmacovigilance and consumer pharmacovigilance among community pharmacists in Lalitpur district, Nepal

Perception of patients towards the role of pharmacist: a cross-sectional study from selected three hospitals in Central Nepal

Sociobehavioral Aspects of Medicines Use in Developing Countries

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