Knowledge and Perception Towards Pharmacovigilance and Adverse Drug Reporting Among Pharmacy and Nursing Students in Al Jouf University

Abstract

Pharmacovigilance is one of the building blocks of health education in the community, which includes prevention of side effects of drugs or their complications caused by either the misuse of the dosage during the treatment period or the frequent use without medical consultation. Many international bodies and organizations, including the World Health Organization (WHO), are interested in this concept, formulating it on the basis of scientific basis for reporting, evaluation, prevention and early detection of drug side effects. The aim of this study was to determine the level of ADR's Knowledge and Perceptions of Pharmacovigilance and adverse drug reactions (ADRs) reporting between pharmacy students and medical students of Aljouf university. This is descriptive cross-sectional surveys which determine the Knowledge and Perceptions of Pharmacovigilance of pharmacy students and medical students of Aljouf University that was conducted from March-April 2017. Design of a structured questionnaire was administered as regards pharmacovigilance and ADRs reporting process. The mean knowledge score of pharmacovigilance and ADR reporting for the overall study sample was 2.99 (SD=0.44) with a scoring range from 0 to 9. Findings of the current study had demonstrated that there is insufficient knowledge level among pharmacy and nursing students regarding pharmacovigilance and ADRs reporting systems. Investigating the pharmacy and nursing students' perceptions toward ADRs reporting had demonstrated that they are having positive perceptions about reporting ADRs. Study concluded that there is insufficient knowledge level among pharmacy and nursing students regarding pharmacovigilance and ADRs reporting systems and a positive perception towards ADRs. Study recommends the necessity of an educational intervention plan that aims to increase the undergraduate healthcare workers knowledge and perceptions towards pharmacovigilance and ADRs reporting system.

Evaluation the Knowledge, Perception, and Attitude of Pharmacist Service Towards Pharmacovigilance

“…This result is in accordance with previous research conducted by Febrinasari et al (2018) that there is a relationship between the level of knowledge and attitudes related to pharmacovigilance in pharmacist profession students in Semarang [19]. According to research conducted by Abdel-latif et al (2015), pharmacists who know pharmacovigilance and ADR terminology show a more positive attitude towards reporting ADR [17]. Educational programs can significantly modify attitudes regarding ADR reporting and positively influence ADR reporting behavior [7].…”

“…In addition to the value of the correlation coefficient 0,189 correlation declare force very low or very weak between knowledge and perceptions related to pharmacovigilance pharmacists, and the direction of the positive correlation, which means increasing understanding of the perception will further increase or better [16]. Similar results were also found in a previous study by Magableh (2019). The study evaluated the aspect of broad knowledge about pharmacovigilance and reporting of Adverse Drug Reactions were represented where respondents responded positively that reporting of known Adverse Drug Reactions could make a significant contribution to the reporting system.…”

“…The study evaluated the aspect of broad knowledge about pharmacovigilance and reporting of Adverse Drug Reactions were represented where respondents responded positively that reporting of known Adverse Drug Reactions could make a significant contribution to the reporting system. [17]. The provision of education and training programs on pharmacovigilance for pharmacist practice can increase pharmacist knowledge and foster good perceptions of pharmacovigilance and reporting of ADR [18].…”

Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice of Medical, Pharmacy, and Nursing Students Towards Pharmacovigilance and Adverse Drug Reaction Reporting at University of Gondar College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Northwest Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study

“…16,19,[22][23][24][25][26] However, many studies conducted outside of Ethiopia indicated that health care students, specifically medical, pharmacy, and nursing (MPN) students have insufficient knowledge of pharmacovigilance and ADRs reporting. 16,20,21,[27][28][29][30][31] In Ethiopia, a limited number of studies have shown that health care professionals have a low level of KAP on PV and ADR reporting. 17,18,[32][33][34][35] Whereas, there is a lack of evidence on health care students to the best of the authors' literature review.…”

“…This is consistent with many previous studies conducted globally. 20,27,30,31,[39][40][41] In this study, less than half (34.5%) of the students heard about the term PV. It is similar to the study conducted among health care professionals in Northeast Ethiopia (20.2%).…”