Evaluation Of Knowledge, Attitude And Practices Of Pharmacovigilance In Health Care Professionals Of Tertiary Care Teaching Institute In Tribal Region Of Central India
| Main Author: | Aishwarya Rathod, Kavita M. Jaiswal, Sujata Dudhgaonkar ,Latesh B. Raghute, Nandkishore Jaiswal |
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| Format: | Article |
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, 2019
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https://zenodo.org/record/3270735 |
Daftar Isi:
- Background: Adverse Drug Reactions (ADRs) are an important contributor to patient morbidity and hospitalization. Spontaneous reporting of ADRs is an important tool in pharmacovigilance. Under-reporting may increase medicine-induced morbidity and mortality among patients The success of WHO International Drug Monitoring Programme is entirely dependent on the contributions of National Pharmacovigilance centres. India has a National pharmacovigilance Centre Aim and Objectives: To determine the knowledge, attitude, practices of ADR reporting and factors affecting the reporting. Material and Methods:A cross-sectional, questionnaire based study conducted in doctors, nurses and pharmacists of tertiary care teaching institute of tribal region of central India . Results: 4.76 % doctors wrote the correct definition of ADR while 58.7% could mention drugs banned due to ADR. Only [7/28 (25%)] nurses had knowledge of banned drugs and none could name any drugs. [5/10 (50%)] pharmacist had knowledge of banned drugs but none could name them. [35/92 (38.88%)] doctors and only one nurse had seen an ADR . Only [20/92 (21.73%)] doctors were having knowledge of Pharmacovigilance Program of India (PvPI), while none of nurses and pharmacists were aware of this. Similarly [46/92 (50%)] of doctor, [14/28 (50%)] nurses, [5/10 (50%)] think that ADR reporting should be professional obligation Conclusions: The knowledge of ADRs was good in doctors, but knowledge of PvPI was poor in all. How to report and time constraints are limiting factors. Participants think that ADR reporting