A cross-sectional study evaluating the awareness of pharmacovigilance among MBBS interns of a teaching hospital in south India

Nadeem, Mohammed Naseeruddin; Vaseem, Ayesha; Maqdoom, Maliha

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“…11,12 131 (82.9%) of the students were aware that all health care professionals like doctors, nurses and pharamacists can report ADR but it was 60%, 47% and 73.8% respectively in the previous studies done. [10][11][12] Death, hospitalization and prolongation of hospitalization were all considered as life threatening ADRs by 109(69%) of our students which was almost similar to the results of previous study (67.1%). 12 113 (71.5%) of our students were aware about the phase of clinical trial in which rare ADRs were identified which was just 26.13% in the previous study.…”

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“…[10][11][12] Location of National coordinating centre of PvPI at Ghaziabad was known to 91 (57.6%) of students in our study which was 60% and 51% respectively in previous studies. 10,11 International centre for ADR monitoring , Uppsala Monitoring centre (UMC) at Sweden was known to 97 (61.4%) of students in the present study which was 57%, 50% and 50.7% respectively in previous studies. [10][11][12] WHO online database, vigibase was known only to 37 (23.4%) in our study which was even lower in the previous studies (11% and 16.4%).…”

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“…10,11 International centre for ADR monitoring , Uppsala Monitoring centre (UMC) at Sweden was known to 97 (61.4%) of students in the present study which was 57%, 50% and 50.7% respectively in previous studies. [10][11][12] WHO online database, vigibase was known only to 37 (23.4%) in our study which was even lower in the previous studies (11% and 16.4%). 11,12 131 (82.9%) of the students were aware that all health care professionals like doctors, nurses and pharamacists can report ADR but it was 60%, 47% and 73.8% respectively in the previous studies done.…”

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“…[10][11][12] For the question pharmacovigilance includes the correct response was given by 61 (38.6%) students were as it was 30.5% in the study done by Tabassum et al, 68 (43%) students knew the correct answer regarding the governing body of the national pharmacovigilance programme in India were as it was 57%, 24.6% and 51% respectively in previous studies. [10][11][12] Location of National coordinating centre of PvPI at Ghaziabad was known to 91 (57.6%) of students in our study which was 60% and 51% respectively in previous studies. 10,11 International centre for ADR monitoring , Uppsala Monitoring centre (UMC) at Sweden was known to 97 (61.4%) of students in the present study which was 57%, 50% and 50.7% respectively in previous studies.…”

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Awareness of pharmacovigilance and adverse drug reactions among second professional MBBS students of a medical college in Kerala, India

Parathoduvil¹,

Shajahan²,

Purushothaman³

2017

Int J Basic Clin Pharmacol

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Background: Pharmacovigilance is the science and activities related to detection, assessment, understanding and prevention of adverse drug reactions (ADR). The major challenge faced by the pharmacovigilance programme of India is underreporting. It is mainly due to lack of awareness, knowledge, attitude and practice among health care professionals. The main objective of this study was to assess the knowledge, attitude and practices of second professional MBBS students towards ADR reporting and to provide a session on pharmacovigilance as an intervention to increase their awareness since they are the future budding doctors.Methods: This questionnaire based study was conducted among 158 second professional MBBS students of Travancore Medical College, Kollam, Kerala. A pretest was conducted using the questionnaire followed by which a two-hours session on ADR reporting and Pharmacovigilance was given. A posttest was done with the same questionnaire. The response of the KAP questionnaire were analysed separately for pretest and posttest in percentages and based on scores and was compared.Results: Out of the158 students participated all the students successfully completed the questions of both pretest and posttest within stipulated time frame. In pretest 3 (1.9%), 101 (64%), 43 (27.1%) candidates were categorized to excellent, good and poor respectively. In posttest 155 (98.1%), 3 (1.9%) were in excellent and good category respectively. There was not even a single candidate in poor category. There was a marked increase in the knowledge and awareness of the students after the two hours intervention session on ADR reporting and pharmacovigilance which was statistically significant (p= 0.001).Conclusions: This study revealed the awareness of second professional MBBS students towards ADR reporting and Pharmacovigilance in our institution and also clearly showed the importance of early sensitization through educational interventions, which improved the KAP in pharmacovigilance in them. Educating medical students will improve the challenge of underreporting of ADRs and will increase the numbers of ADRs reported in our country.

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Awareness of pharmacovigilance and adverse drug reactions among second professional MBBS students of a medical college in Kerala, India

Parathoduvil¹,

Shajahan²,

Purushothaman³

2017

Int J Basic Clin Pharmacol

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“…Although studies reporting the level of awareness and practices of pharmacovigilance have been done in different parts of India [6][7][8], very few studies have focused this aspect in Telangana. Further, most of the studies have included health-care workers, but studies on awareness among undergraduate students are limited [9][10][11].…”

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A Cross-Sectional Study Evaluating the Knowledge, Attitude of Undergraduate Medical Students About Pharmacovigilance and Adverse Drug Reaction Reporting at a Medical College in Hyderabad

Rani¹,

Shyamala²,

Simpson³

2017

Asian J Pharm Clin Res

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Objectives: Objectives of the study were (1) to evaluate the knowledge about pharmacovigilance and (2) to assess the attitude toward adverse drug reaction (ADR) reporting among undergraduate medical students.Methods: It is a cross-sectional, questionnaire-based study conducted in the Department of Pharmacology, Malla Reddy Medical College for Women, Hyderabad, Telangana, among fifth term Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery students (136). The questionnaire consisted of 16 questions dealing with knowledge, awareness, attitude about pharmacovigilance and ADR reporting. Data were analyzed and presented as percentage among respondents.Results: About 58.8% of students could not identify the proper definition of pharmacovigilance and 84.5% of undergraduates have not seen ADR form. It was agreed among 42.6% of students that ADR reporting is a professional obligation to them and 47.7% agreed that establishing ADR monitoring center in every hospital is compulsory. Conclusions:Our study revealed that though the attitude toward pharmacovigilance was appreciable among the medical students; there lies an insufficient knowledge and awareness about pharmacovigilance. Continued medical education programs and workshops may be helpful in the future to increase awareness and consequently to improve the rate of spontaneous ADR reporting among these upcoming doctors.

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A cross-sectional study evaluating the awareness of pharmacovigilance among MBBS interns of a teaching hospital in south India

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Awareness of pharmacovigilance and adverse drug reactions among second professional MBBS students of a medical college in Kerala, India

Awareness of pharmacovigilance and adverse drug reactions among second professional MBBS students of a medical college in Kerala, India

A Cross-Sectional Study Evaluating the Knowledge, Attitude of Undergraduate Medical Students About Pharmacovigilance and Adverse Drug Reaction Reporting at a Medical College in Hyderabad

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