Knowledge, attitude, and practice of healthcare professionals about adverse drug reaction in major tertiary care teaching hospital in Punjab

Kaur, Mandeep; Kosey, Sourabh; Kumar, Raj

doi:10.18203/2319-2003.ijbcp20150880

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“…18 On the other hand, our study showed that about 70.5% of the study participants had no information about pharmacovigilance. This could be attributed to the absence of ADR-related education, in-service training, and encouraging and establishing ADR reporting committee, 21 and lack of motivation and feedback from FMHACA has its own impact. These could lead to underreporting of ADR which leads to high risk of serious ADR exposure among the individuals and negatively affect the quality of life of patients.…”

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Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices of Health Care Professionals Toward Adverse Drug Reaction Reporting in Hiwot Fana Specialized University Hospital, Harar, Eastern Ethiopia: A Cross-sectional Study

Shanko¹,

Abdela

2017

Hosp Pharm

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This study was designed to assess knowledge, attitude and practices of adverse drug reaction reporting among healthcare professionals in Hiwot Fana Specialized University Hospital (HFSUH). Hospital based descriptive cross sectional study was conducted on healthcare professionals of HFSUH. Based on purposive sampling technique, all eligible healthcare professionals (nurses, physicians and pharmacists) were involved in the study. A pretested self-administered questionnaire was used to collect data. Data were coded, entered and analyzed using SPSS version 16. The test of association of selected categorical variables were done using cross tabulation and Pearson Chi-square test. Our study indicated that about 297 participants provided their response to the distributed questionnaires which makes the response rate 91.4%. Of the total healthcare professionals involved in the study, 99 (33.6%) of them were able to understand the difference between adverse drug reaction (ADR) and side effects, of which pharmacists were significantly reported (95.24%, P<0.05). About 175(59.3%) of the respondents engaged in the study were reportedly knew the national ADR reporting system in Ethiopia. On the other hand, 181(61.36%) of the participants were recognized the presence of ADR reporting form while 114 (38.64%) of the respondents had no any information about its presence in the country. The study revealed that a gap in knowledge, awareness and practice of healthcare professionals on ADR reporting. Therefore, specific strategies should be designed in order to improve awareness, knowledge and practice of healthcare professionals to tackle issue related to under-reporting of ADR.

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Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices of Health Care Professionals Toward Adverse Drug Reaction Reporting in Hiwot Fana Specialized University Hospital, Harar, Eastern Ethiopia: A Cross-sectional Study

Shanko¹,

Abdela

2017

Hosp Pharm

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“…Underreporting may delay signal detection and cause underestimation of the size of a problem. [12,13] To correct underreporting scenario is difficult, so that the extent is unknown and variable. In various studies barriers to improve monitoring and reporting of ADRs have been analyzed and can be summarized as: fear of personal and organizational liability, lack of resources for surveillance and reporting, laborintensive, complex, and time-consuming reporting processes, ambiguity in causal relationship between drug and adverse event, minimal feedback provided to reporters no incentives, rewards, or motivation to report, lack of knowledge and confidence to distinguish between significant ADRs and minor ones, surveillance and reporting functions without guidance.…”

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Assessment of Knowledge, Awareness and Practices among Healthcare Professionals about Pharmacovigilance and Adverse Drug Reactions Reporting in Dharmapuri and Krishnagiri Districts of Tamilnadu, India

Damodar¹,

Joseph²,

Cheaten³

et al. 2018

JPPCM

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“…Adverse drug reactions (ADRs) are one of the major problems associated with medicines. ADRs are responsible for a significant number of hospital admissions [1]. The World Health Organization (WHO) defines an ADR as "a response to a drug which is noxious and unintended, and which occurs at doses normally used in man for the prophylaxis, diagnosis, or therapy of disease, or for the modification of physiological function" [2][3][4].…”

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Questionnaire-Based Study on the Assessment of Doctor of Pharmacy Interns’ Knowledge, Attitude, and Practices Regarding the Pharmacovigilance

Venkatasubbaiah

P²,

Satyanarayana

2021

Asian J Pharm Clin Res

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Objectives: The present study was contemplated and done to assess the knowledge, attitude, and practices (KAP) toward adverse drug reactions (ADR) reporting and Pharmacovigilance (PV) of the Doctor of Pharmacy Pharm.D interns for the first time in South India, to get an insight into their awareness and reporting culture. Methods: A cross-sectional descriptive KAP questionnaire-based study was conducted for 6 months on Pharm.D interns. Results: A total of 603 Pharm.D interns were participated, among them 578 (95.85%) were considered for the analysis. On an average of 78.25% of the participants had a good knowledge, around 82% were aware that patients’ will be benefited from the ADR reporting. The majority of the participants had a positive attitude. Moreover, 59% had reported the ADRs through different ADR reporting procedures 52% were advised the awareness programs for improving the reporting culture, and 34% had the difficulty in deciding or diagnosing the ADR. Conclusion: The KAP of the Pharm.D interns toward the ADR reporting and PV is appreciable and may reduce the burden on the other healthcare workers and improve patient care.

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Knowledge, attitude, and practice of healthcare professionals about adverse drug reaction in major tertiary care teaching hospital in Punjab

Cited by 5 publications

References 8 publications

Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices of Health Care Professionals Toward Adverse Drug Reaction Reporting in Hiwot Fana Specialized University Hospital, Harar, Eastern Ethiopia: A Cross-sectional Study

Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices of Health Care Professionals Toward Adverse Drug Reaction Reporting in Hiwot Fana Specialized University Hospital, Harar, Eastern Ethiopia: A Cross-sectional Study

Assessment of Knowledge, Awareness and Practices among Healthcare Professionals about Pharmacovigilance and Adverse Drug Reactions Reporting in Dharmapuri and Krishnagiri Districts of Tamilnadu, India

Questionnaire-Based Study on the Assessment of Doctor of Pharmacy Interns’ Knowledge, Attitude, and Practices Regarding the Pharmacovigilance

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