The knowledge, perceptions and practice of pharmacovigilance amongst community pharmacists in Lagos state, south west Nigeria

Objective: Identifying the main causes for underreporting of Adverse Drug Reaction (ADR) by health professionals. Method: A systematic review carried out in the following databases: LILACS, PAHO, SciELO, EMBASE and PubMed in the period between 1992 and 2012. Descriptors were used in the search for articles, and the identified causes of underreporting were analyzed according to the classification of Inman. Results: In total, were identified 149 articles, among which 29 were selected. Most studies were carried out in hospitals (24/29) for physicians (22/29), and pharmacists (10/29). The main causes related to underreporting were ignorance (24/29), insecurity (24/29) and indifference (23/29). Conclusion: The data show the eighth sin in underreporting, which is the lack of training in pharmacovigilance. Therefore, continuing education can increase adherence of professionals to the service and improve knowledge and communication of risks due to drug use.

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“…Pre-structured questionnaire by mail 26,40% indifference (7) Oreagba et al (40) Nigeria Cross-sectional Pharmacists Primary 400…”

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Causes for the underreporting of adverse drug events by health professionals: a systematic review

Varallo

Guimarães

Abjaude

et al. 2014

Rev. esc. enferm. USP

112

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“…20,21 Thus assessing the knowledge, behaviors and practice of community pharmacists relating to spontaneous reporting of adverse drug reactions is vital because when pharmacists have sufficient knowledge of ADR, they can have a positive impact on other health care professionals. This study aims to assess community pharmacist's knowledge, behaviors and practice of adverse drug reaction reporting as well as identify factors influencing the reporting of adverse drug reactions in Lagos State.…”

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Community Pharmacists Knowledge, Behaviours and Practice of Adverse Drug Reactions Reporting in Lagos State, Nigeria

Usifoh¹,

Aika²,

Odili³

et al. 2018

IJOPP

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Introduction: Adverse Drug Reaction (ADR) reporting is essential to ensure safe use of medication. Objective: To assess community pharmacists' knowledge, behaviours and practice of ADR reporting in Lagos State. Methods: This was a cross-sectional survey using self-administered questionnaire distributed to randomly selected pharmacists in retail community pharmacies in Lagos State. The instrument is a 62 item structured questionnaire in four sections; the demographics, knowledge about ADR reporting system, assessment of practice and attitude on ADR reporting; and the behavior and practice of patients counseling about ADR by community pharmacists. Data analysis was done with Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) version 20. Results: Majority (31.9%) of the respondents have practiced in community pharmacies for less than 5 years, 62.7% of the community pharmacists were familiar with adverse drug reaction reporting. 57.8% of the pharmacists have internet facility in their pharmacies and 79.4% of the respondents were aware that community pharmacists can submit adverse drug reactions online. In the preceding months, 78.4% of the pharmacists had encountered many serious ADR but only 27.0% reported them. The reasons for underreporting of ADR included uncertainty about causality (52.0%), respondents not sure of which ADR to report (38.2%), no access to reporting forms (33.8%), ignorance of the rule of reporting (30.4%), and complexity of the reporting forms (16.2%). Conclusion: There is low reporting of adverse drug reactions by community pharmacists attributable to insufficient knowledge and high level of untrained community pharmacists in pharmacovigilance and adverse drug reactions reporting.

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“…The level of awareness of PV by hospital pharmacists was found to be low [18] and low level of awareness was reported for community pharmacists in Lagos State [20].The increase in awareness of the concept may be attributed to more recent regular broadcast of PV jingles by the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) on news media. Although awareness was high among the (51) 91 (53.9) Total number of community pharmacists = 61; total number of hospital pharmacists = 108; NPC, National Pharmacovigilance Centre pharmacists, the requisite knowledge required to participate effectively in PV activities seemed to be lacking.…”

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“…Many reactions to drugs are often not recognized and even when they are recognized, they are not reported [16]. None of the very few studies in respect of pharmacovigilance in Nigeria has comparatively evaluated the knowledge, attitude and practice of pharmacovigilance (KAP) by community and hospital pharmacists [17][18][19][20]. In this study, we assessed KAP of PV and ADR reporting in two contiguous States in the Federal Republic of Nigeria in the belief that the data would help in providing some information that can improve drug safety in Nigeria.…”

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Assessment of the knowledge, attitude and practice of pharmacovigilance by pharmacists in two states in southeastern Nigeria

Udoye¹,

Ozolua²,

Nwokike³

2018

Trop. J. Pharm Res

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The knowledge, perceptions and practice of pharmacovigilance amongst community pharmacists in Lagos state, south west Nigeria

Abstract: Community pharmacists in Lagos had poor knowledge about pharmacovigilance. Reporting rate was also poor. There is an urgent need for educational programs to train pharmacists about pharmacovigilance and ADR reporting.

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Causes for the underreporting of adverse drug events by health professionals: a systematic review

Causes for the underreporting of adverse drug events by health professionals: a systematic review

Community Pharmacists Knowledge, Behaviours and Practice of Adverse Drug Reactions Reporting in Lagos State, Nigeria

Assessment of the knowledge, attitude and practice of pharmacovigilance by pharmacists in two states in southeastern Nigeria

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