Awareness study of Pharmacovigilance among the health care professionals (nursing staff) at tertiary care hospital, Solapur, Maharashtra, India

Abstract

Pharmacovigilance is the science and activities relating to detection, assessment, understanding and prevention of adverse effects or any other drug-related problems. 3Pharmacovigilance Programme of India (PvPI) came into action from July 2010. 4 The spontaneous reporting of ADRs is considered as foundation of post-marketing ABSTRACT Background: Early detection of adverse drug reaction is one step towards the prevention of ADRs. Foundation of Pharmacovigilance is spontaneous reporting which is minimal in India. Among the all health care professionals, nurses are caregivers at bedside. Improvement in knowledge and practice of adverse drug reaction reporting among nurses will definitely increases spontaneous reporting. In this study, knowledge, attitude and practice of nursing staff about pharmacovigilance was evaluated. Methods: It was prospective, cross-sectional, observational, questionnaire-based study among the nurses of the tertiary care hospital Solapur. A questionnaire evaluating knowledge, attitude and practice was distributed among nursing staff and filled questionnaire were collected back and analyzed by microsoft excel 2013. Results: Response rate of our study was 44.88%. 38.61% doctors were knowing meaning of pharmacovigilance while 61.38% participants knew that all drugs available in market are not safe. Taking proper medication history before prescribing drugs was considered important by 92.57% participants. 79.70% participants were aware about Pharmacovigilance program of India. 64.35% doctors answered correctly to elements which are mandatory to record. Only 24.75% participants were knowing the basis that pharmcovigilance provides for. Conclusions: Nursing staff of tertiary care hospital, Solapur had very appreciable and positive attitude towards pharmacovigilance but there is a need for improvement in knowledge and practice of ADR reporting.

Knowledge, attitude and practice of pharmacovigilance towards adverse drug reactions reporting among health care professionals (nurses) in a tertiary care teaching hospital in Eastern India: an observational study

“…20,22 The meaning of adverse reaction was known to 86.9%, as compared to 51.92% by Amrita P et al 19 The meaning of PvPI was known to 86.2%, against 75.2% and 79.77% by Gupta SK et al, and Patil AP et al, respectively. 20,21 National adverse reaction collaborating centre was known to 67.7% against only 0.99% by Patil AP et al 21 The type of adverse reaction to be reported is known to 81.5%, as compared to only 15.2% by Hanafi S et al 23…”

“…16,17 The response rate in present study was 86.67% against 63%, 65% and 67.33% in study done at Mangalore, Delhi and Perambalur, respectively. [18][19][20] [20][21][22] 55.6% knew the agency in India, which is involved in drug safety issues, as compared to 78.2% and 28.26% by Gupta SK et al, and Kumari S et al, respectively. 20,22 The meaning of adverse reaction was known to 86.9%, as compared to 51.92% by Amrita P et al 19 The meaning of PvPI was known to 86.2%, against 75.2% and 79.77% by Gupta SK et al, and Patil AP et al, respectively.…”

“…20,22 Total 79.2% responded that reporting is necessary, which was quite low as compared to 97.1%, 97%, 90.59%, 90%, 94% by Amrita P et al, Gupta SK et al, Patil AP et al, Kumari S et al, and Ganesan S et al, respectively. [19][20][21][22]25…”

Impact of pharmacovigilance educational intervention on critical care nurses' performance at cancer hospital, Egypt

“…To improve reporting rate, it is crucial to upgrade nurses' knowledge and practice [15]. This definitely will help to increase spontaneous reporting [16]. Knowledge and awareness about the effects, adverse effects, and methods of drug administration could help to improve the quality of pharmacotherapy in hospitals [17].…”