Lack of awareness of pharmacovigilance among young health-care professionals in India: An issue requiring urgent intervention

Singh, Jagjit; Singh, Harmanjit; Rohilla, Rajesh; Kumar, Rajiv; Gautam, CS

doi:10.4103/ijabmr.ijabmr_423_17

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“…Apesar de ter obtido fraca correlação, o resultado de que quanto menor a idade do profissional, maior o escore de conhecimento em farmacovigilância, pode ser explicado devido ao fato de que o envelhecimento pode afetar as estratégias de desenvolvimento profissional, em decorrência, por exemplo, de menor propensão a participar de atividades contínuas de aprimoramento a partir dos 50 anos. Corroborando esse cenário, profissionais jovens constituem a base da força de trabalho dos sistemas de saúde e da implementação de novos programas de assistência médica, afastando os profissionais mais velhos de iniciativas de atualização e inovação (13)(14) .…”

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Factors related to the knowledge of nursing professionals about pharmacovigilance

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Objective: to verify the factors related to the knowledge of nursing professionals about pharmacovigilance. Methods: cross-sectional study, carried out with 271 nursing professionals, with university and school level, through convenience sampling. A questionnaire, consisting of two parts, was used: one about the sociodemographic and professional profile, and the other about knowledge in pharmacovigilance and the practice of reporting adverse events related to medications. The data were analyzed in a descriptive and inferential manner, through comparison and correlation tests, considering a significance level of 5%. Results: the knowledge score showed statistical differences in relation to professional training, function performed in the institution and the age of the professionals, while the practice of notifications did not obtain significantly statistical differences. Conclusion: the factors related to the knowledge in pharmacovigilance of nursing professionals were professional training, the role played in the institution and the age of the professionals.

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“…However, in a study performed in Bulgaria, this rate was lower (37.4%). Ergün et al reported that only 8% of the physicians did ADR reporting and Altıntaş Aykan et al showed that none of the physicians found to make any ADR reporting (15,(17)(18)(19)(20).…”

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Knowledge and Attitudes of Resident Physicians About Adverse Drug Reactions

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Oğuz

Koçakoğlu

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Objective: WHO reported to all healthcare providers in its universal message that thousands of patients' lives could be saved by reporting adverse drug reactions (ADRs). In this study, we aimed to evaluate the knowledge levels and attitudes of the resident physicians about ADRs and pharmacovigilance in our university hospital. Methods: This prospective study was performed by a questionnaire form consisted of 14 questions on 88 resident physicians who accepted to participate the study in Harran University Hospital. The study was started after takening the approval of Harran University Faculty of Medicine Ethics Committee. The results of the questionnaire were evaluated by using SPSS 18.0 package program by frequency and percentage tests. Results: The exact definition of ADRs is correctly marked by 51.1% of doctors. Most of the physicians (69.3%) stated that they had never do ADR reporting. The rate of the participants who think that it is not the responsibility of the healthcare professionals to make ADR reporting is 9.1%. It was observed that only 6.8% of the physicians received professional information or training on ADR reporting. It was expressed by 72.7% of physicians that ADR is a serious problem in Turkey. Conclusions: This study showed that the level of knowledge and attitude of resident physicians working in our hospital about ADR reporting was not sufficient. We believe that it is important to raise awareness among the healthcare professionals about the ADR reporting and the situation can be improved by effective and periodical training methods.

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“…However ignorance, lack of training and motivation in reporting of ADRs are the major obstacles in achieving the objectives of National PV programmes. 4 Lopez-Gonzalez et al, mentioned that "medical specialty was the most closely associated profession with under-reporting in 76% of studies". 3 It is evident from various studies that reporting of ADRs by healthcare professionals increased after training.…”

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“…Targeting the most important taskforce group of medical students and catching them young so that they are knowledgeable and motivated enough to report any ADRs encountered in their future practice, would be a shot in the arm for the efforts of the Pharmacovigilance Programme of India (PvPI), initiated by the Central Drugs Standard Control Organization, New Delhi in 2010. 4 Although numerous studies have been conducted in the past to know the awareness levels amongst the medical fraternity, a very few have aimed to assess the outcome of interventional training programs on the knowledge and perception of pharmacovigilance in medical students. 5,6 Hence this study was aimed to assess the short and long-term impact of training programs on the awareness and knowledge of pharmacovigilance amongst II MBBS students.…”

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The short and long-term impact of educational intervention on pharmacovigilance awareness in second year MBBS students: a questionnaire-based survey

Honnagangadevaru

Lakshmanegowda

2020

Int J Basic Clin Pharmacol

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Background: Under-reporting of adverse drug reactions (ADRs) is a burning issue globally. Sensitizing medical students to the concepts of pharmacovigilance in their early years through regular training holds the key for successfully perpetuating ADR reporting culture. This study attempted to assess the short and long-term impact of interventional training programs on the knowledge and perception of Pharmacovigilance amongst II MBBS students.Methods: It was a Cross-sectional, interventional, questionnaire‑based study. Second MBBS, new entrants (n=127) were tested for their awareness regarding pharmacovigilance knowledge using pre-validated questionnaires at entry point and following regular training sessions, at 1 week (short-term) and at 1 year (long-term). Students’ perceptions towards ADR monitoring were also recorded. Descriptive statistics, Chi-square test, Independent t-test/Mann-Whitney-U test for identifying mean difference and paired-t-test/Wilcoxon signed rank test for paired data was used for quantitative and qualitative data analysis accordingly.Results: Significant improvement in scores following training was seen at both short (10.8±1.914) and long term (11.63±1.516) compared to base-line scores (6.07±2.036). There was significant increase in long-term scores compared to short-term scores (<0.001). Female students performed better than their male counterparts. Majority of students positively perceived the need for ADR monitoring and reporting.Conclusions: Pharmacovigilance training increases students’ knowledge significantly. Strengthening the existing pharmacovigilance activities through regular refresher training programs and adequate sequencing in curriculum not only maintains but improves students’ knowledge significantly.

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Lack of awareness of pharmacovigilance among young health-care professionals in India: An issue requiring urgent intervention

Cited by 14 publications

References 13 publications

Factors related to the knowledge of nursing professionals about pharmacovigilance

Factors related to the knowledge of nursing professionals about pharmacovigilance

Knowledge and Attitudes of Resident Physicians About Adverse Drug Reactions

The short and long-term impact of educational intervention on pharmacovigilance awareness in second year MBBS students: a questionnaire-based survey

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