A study of assessing knowledge, attitude and practice of pharmacovigilance among medical students of a South Indian teaching hospital

Dhananjay, Kulkarni; Himasri, Esanakula

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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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“…12 ADR monitoring and reporting was considered to be beneficial to the patients by 152 (96.2%) of the students in the present study which was 99.2% in the previous study. 12 ADR reporting was agreed as a professional obligation by 91 (57.6%) of our students which was 42% and 45% in studies done by Nadeem et al, Dhananjay et al 10,11 80 (50.6%) of our students knew how to fill an ADR form but only 16.4% of the students knew reporting of ADR in previous study. 12 Most of our students were aware about the drugs withdrawn from market (128-81%) the results were almost similar to previous studies.…”

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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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An observational study to assess the possibility of patient participation in implementing pharmacovigilance in a busy tertiary care hospital

Tejus¹,

Mathur²,

Vishnuprasad³

et al. 2020

Medical Journal Armed Forces India

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Background: Adverse drug reactions are an important cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Monitoring adverse drug reaction is the primary function of Pharmacovigilance Programme of India (PvPI). The national program at the inception allowed only physicians, nurses, and pharmacists to report adverse drug reactions but has recently permitted even the consumers or patients to report. The knowledge, attitude, and practice of patients toward such a program have not been studied, and hence, the present study was conducted to assess the same.Methods: A questionnaire was prepared based on the review of literature and was filled up by the interviewer based on inputs from patients attending various outpatient departments and dispensary of a tertiary care center after obtaining informed consent.Descriptive statistical analysis was carried out, and the results are expressed in terms of means and proportions for continuous and categorical data, respectively.Results: Majority of the patients were male (58.3%) and were using smart phones (63.9%).Most of the participants (91.6%) felt reporting adverse drug reaction is important, but only 37.7% thought of reporting the same. A very low percentage of participants (10%) were aware about the PvPI and the helpline number. Conclusion:The Indian health consumer is highly unaware about the existence of the PvPI and various tools available to report adverse drug reactions. It is the need of the hour to create awareness of the same by using the positive attitude toward the program.

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Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Pharmacists and Nurses Towards Adverse Drug Reactions- A Cross Sectional Study

Rahnama¹,

Moradi²,

Sarhadi³

2019

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BACKGROUND Drug therapy is a prerequisite in the management of different medical conditions, but one of the major concerns about it is drug related adverse effects. Pharmacovigilance is the science of conducting, assessing, understanding and preventing adverse drug reactions (ADRs). Reporting ADRs is the core of pharmacovigilance. So, this study was conducted with the aim of evaluating knowledge, attitude and practice of pharmacists and nurses about reporting ADR. METHODS A descriptive questionnaire-based study was carried out among 100 nurses and 15 pharmacists working in community pharmacies and Amir-Almomenin and Imam Khomeini hospitals of Zabol. The responses to KAP questionnaire were analysed by SPSS version 18.0. RESULTS Majority of pharmacists and nurses did not have enough knowledge about the context of pharmacovigilance, its classifications, its frequencies as well as national guidelines for reporting ADRs. We found out that the majority of our study population (60% of pharmacists and 63% of nurses) had the experience of detecting ADR but only 13.3% of pharmacists and 22% of nurses had reported it. Reasons for not reporting ADR were as follows: being uncertain that the reaction is drug related, it's legal consequences, routine or known ADRS, being unfamiliar with the process of reporting ADRs and being too busy to report. CONCLUSIONS We observed that our pharmacists and nurses did not have desirable knowledge, attitude and practice towards pharmacovigilance. This fact emphasizes the importance of different corrective interventions as conducting CMEs, workshops, as well as special emphasis on pharmacovigilance in medical, pharmacy and nursing undergraduate and post graduate curriculum and its incorporation in their internship.

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A study of assessing knowledge, attitude and practice of pharmacovigilance among medical students of a South Indian teaching hospital

Cited by 10 publications

References 15 publications

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

An observational study to assess the possibility of patient participation in implementing pharmacovigilance in a busy tertiary care hospital

Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Pharmacists and Nurses Towards Adverse Drug Reactions- A Cross Sectional Study

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