A study about the awareness and importance of pharmacovigilance among health professionals in a South Indian Tertiary Care Hospital: A prospective study
Journal Title: IP International Journal of Comprehensive and Advanced Pharmacology - Year 2018, Vol 3, Issue 3
Abstract
Drug safety is one of the least considered aspects of medicine in developing countries like India Underreporting of ADRs Adverse Drug Reactions is a major problem affecting pharmacovigilance programme of India Because of under reporting Indian drug regulators are very much dependent on data and advice from other countries The objective of the present study was to determine the level of awareness and attitude towards Pharmacovigilance among healthcare professionals and to monitor the extent of ADR reporting within the healthcare sector The study was carried out in a tertiary care hospital in Mangalore considering 20 facts about awareness of Pharmacovigilance A total number of 50 doctors 50 nurses and 50 medical students postgraduate doctors were included in the study Simple random sampling method was adopted to choose samples which include the collection of information through a structured closeended questionnaire Results were analyzed by using frequency and percentage This study reveals that all the participants 100 were aware of adverse drug reactions ADRs reporting 38 76 of the doctors 4182 of the nurses and 29 58 of the medical students encountered ADRs in their working hospital Out of all respondents 43 86 doctors 46 92 nurses and 38 76 medical students responded that reporting adverse drug reaction is a professional obligation according to the healthcare profession Out of all respondents 23 46 doctors 29 58 nurses and 3060 medical students responded that they are aware of the pharmacovigilance programme of India 27 54 doctors 21 42 nurses and 20 40 medical students mentioned as they are not aware about the pharmacovigilance programme Majority of the respondents 47 94 doctors 49 98 nurses and 38 76 medical students responded with the opinion as reporting adverse drug reaction is necessary among health care professionalsKeywords Awareness Adverse Drug Reactions Healthcare professionals Pharmacovigilance
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Sharath Kumar K. , Jeena Stephen
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