Comparison of the Knowledge and Perception of Pharmacovigilance Among Pharmacy, Dental and Medical Students in Aden-Yemen

Alshakka, Mohammed; Bahattab, Owsan A; Ali, Heyam Saad; Othman, Gamil; Ansari, Mukhtar; Shankar, Pathiyil Ravi; Ibrahim, Mohamed Izham Mohamed

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“…In general, it was observed that the participants of the study were "good level" in the knowledge dimension. This result was different from the study developed with health professionals from Ethiopia, 5 Yemen and Saudi Arabia, 8,12 where the professionals surveyed presented insufficient knowledge. The respondents from the Southeast region were those who obtained the highest percentages of correct answers to questions based on knowledge from Pharmacovigilance, while those from other regions the lowest proportions (data not shown), showing a regional contrast.…”

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“…To calculate the individual and total KAP score, answers were classified as "adequate" (one point) or "inadequate" (zero point) based on literature and Anvisa regulations (Tables 1-4). Participants with adequate answer for at least 70% of the questions were classified as "good level" and otherwise were classified as "poor level", following methodology conducted by Alshakka et al 8 The analysis was performed with the software Stata version 15. Fisher's exact test was used when appropriate and p-value less than 0.05 was considered statistically significant.…”

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“…This finding is similar to that of other studies on the same topic in developing countries, demonstrating that this area still requires improvement. [4][5][6]8,19 No significant statistical differences were found in the results of the total KAP score among health professionals, However, some particular groups stood out, which could be further investigated in future studies.…”

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Assessment of Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice of Pharmacovigilance among Healthcare Professionals in Brazil

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Duarte²,

Ferreira³

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JYP

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Background: Adverse Drug Events represent a public health problem with high morbidity and mortality rates around the world. Knowledge, attitudes and practices of health professionals toward pharmacovigilance and reporting these events are important factors to promote safe drug therapy use. Objectives: The aim of this study was to evaluate Knowledge, attitudes and practices of health professionals and reporting of Adverse Drug Events by health professionals in Brazil. Methods: across-sectional study with a pretested questionnaire available online on the website of the Brazilian drug regulatory agency. Pharmacovigilance related Knowledge, attitudes and practices and Adverse Drug Events reporting were evaluated and correlations were estimated. Results: In total, 761health professionals responded to the survey. The overall knowledge, attitudes and practices was of 57.7% for pharmacists, 56.9% for nurses and 40% for physicians 40% (considered to be a poor level). When evaluating performance by region, one physician (100%) from the South region and one nurse from the Central-West (83.3%) performed well on this indicator. Professionals in the age group older than 45 years and those with postgraduate degrees had the best performance in knowledge, attitudes and practices. The statistical analysis was performed with the software State version 15. Conclusion: The study identified knowledge, attitudes and practices deficiencies in pharmacovigilance and mapped its main weaknesses, which makes it possible to better delineate measures to address these challenges and improve the Brazilian national pharmacovigilance system.

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Assessment of Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice of Pharmacovigilance among Healthcare Professionals in Brazil

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“…Spontaneous reporting plays an important role in the detection of unsuspected, serious and unusual ADRs previously undetected during different phases of the clinical trial. However, reporting remains a major challenge and highlighted in the previously published studies (2,(4)(5)(6).…”

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“…Many factors related to knowledge, attitudes, and practices are responsible for under-reporting of ADRs by prescribers and relate to ignorance, lack of awareness, training, supporting staff and time (2,4,6). Various studies have been conducted to assess knowledge and attitudes towards pharmacovigilance and ADR reporting among medical professionals (4)(5)(6)(7)(8)(9). However, there are limited data available, particularly among dental professionals in Turkey, and no studies conducted previously in our setting.…”

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Knowledge, attitude and practices about pharmacovigilance and adverse drug reactions among dental research assistants in a Turkish hospital: a cross-sectional study

Karataş

Khan

Özagil

et al. 2020

Journal of Health Sciences and Medicine

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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. Knowledge, attitude and practices about pharmacovigilance and adverse drug reactions among dental research assistants in a Turkish hospital: a cross-sectional study Bir Türk hastanesindeki diş araştırma asistanları arasında farmakovijilans ve advers ilaç reaksiyonları hakkında bilgi, tutum ve uygulamalar: kesitsel bir çalışma

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Adequacy of Pharmacovigilance Training in the Health Professional Training Institutions in Uganda: Training Gaps and Opportunities for Improvement

Kalidi,

Kyeyune,

Balikuna

et al. 2024

Med.Sci.Educ.

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Background Despite efforts to improve pharmacovigilance systems, Uganda’s reporting rate remains below the WHO effective reporting criteria of 200 reports per a million inhabitants annually. Adequate education of health science students on pharmacovigilance is one of the core sustainable interventions to improve pharmacovigilance systems. This study assessed the adequacy of pharmacovigilance training in health professional training institutions in Uganda in order to identify the current needs and improvement opportunities. Methods Data was collected from allied health professional training institutions offering courses in clinical medicine and community health and diploma in pharmacy; universities offering bachelor’s degrees in medicine and surgery, pharmacy, nursing and dental surgery; and nursing training institutions offering certificate and diploma courses in nursing and midwifery. The study involved review of 16 curricula and 18 interviews with the heads of the programs of the different institutions. Data on pharmacovigilance content covered in the training curricula, challenges in pharmacovigilance training, pharmacovigilance competencies, knowledge, and skills gaps were collected. The study also included 13 key informants from policy and regulatory bodies, pharmaceutical industry, importers, and distributors of pharmaceuticals, professional councils/societies, examination boards, and hospitals to get perspectives on training gaps and opportunities for improvement. Quantitative data were analysed using Microsoft Excel 2017. Qualitative data were transcribed and reported verbatim. Results Most of the curricula 15 (88%) had content on medication use problems though inadequate, and only 1 (6%) had content on causality assessment. Majority of the respondents from the training institutions 12 (67%) reported having no staff with subject specific training background on pharmacovigilance. Other challenges reported include the lack of instructional materials and time on their already packed curricular to teach pharmacovigilance. All the respondents from training institutions 18 (100%) and key informants 13 (100%) recommended incorporation of pharmacovigilance into pre-service training curricula as a means of improving pharmacovigilance training and competencies among graduates. According to the key informants, there is need to strengthen pharmacovigilance training in the pre-service curriculum 9 (100%). The knowledge and skills that should be strengthened included detection, management and causality assessment 4 (44%), and spontaneous safety reporting 3 (33%). Conclusions The curricula for health professional training institutions do not adequately cover content on pharmacovigilance. The key areas that should be strengthened are detection, management and reporting of medication use problems, and causality assessment. Pharmacovigilance content should be introduced and/or strengthened in the existing curricula of all health professional training institutions to meet the growing need for pharmacovigilance experts, create culture of medicine safety and vigilance, and improve patient safety.

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Comparison of the Knowledge and Perception of Pharmacovigilance Among Pharmacy, Dental and Medical Students in Aden-Yemen

Abstract: Background: Adverse drug reactions (ADRs) represent a serious health problem. Despite all the benefits of modern medicines, evidence continues to mount that ADRs to them are common,

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Assessment of Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice of Pharmacovigilance among Healthcare Professionals in Brazil

Assessment of Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice of Pharmacovigilance among Healthcare Professionals in Brazil

Knowledge, attitude and practices about pharmacovigilance and adverse drug reactions among dental research assistants in a Turkish hospital: a cross-sectional study

Adequacy of Pharmacovigilance Training in the Health Professional Training Institutions in Uganda: Training Gaps and Opportunities for Improvement

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