Evaluation of knowledge, attitude and practice of adverse drug reaction reporting among registrars and consultants in a tertiary care hospital
Journal Title: Medpulse International Journal of Pharmacology - Year 2018, Vol 6, Issue 3
Abstract
Background: Spontaneous reporting is considered the main mechanism in the pharmacovigilance system by which the adverse drug reactions are identified after the drug is released onto the market. However, pharmacovigilance is still in its infancy. The major reason behind this is poor understanding of the resident doctors toward the existing pharmacovigilance program. Objective: To evaluate the knowledge, attitude and practices (KAP) of registrars and consultants regarding ADR reporting and to find out reasons behind under-reporting of ADRs. Materials and Methods: This observational prospective questionnaire-based study was conducted in the Postgraduate Department of Pharmacology, Government Medical College, Jammu for a period of six months. A pretested KAP questionnaire containing 30 questions was distributed among 100 registrars and consultants each, randomly selected from all specialties of the institute. Those who were not willing to participate or did not return the questionnaire within the stipulated time were excluded. A total of 77 registrars and 67 consultants participated in this study. Data collected were characterized by their frequencies and percentages. Statistical analysis was done using Microsoft Excel sheet and chi-square test. Results: The response rate of respondents was 72% (144/200) in the present study. Out of these, 82 (56.94%) were male and 62 (43.06%) female respondents. The mean age of the respondents was 31.25 years with a range of 29 to 47 years. Mean affirmative response for knowledge of ADR reporting was 59.03%, while those of attitude and practice were 82.64% and 63.19% respectively. Affirmative response of consultants for knowledge and attitude towards ADR reporting was more for all queries as compared to registrars.
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Rashmi Sharma
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