Healthcare professionals' awareness, attitudes and practices towards pharmacovigilance and spontaneous adverse drug reaction reporting in Jazan Province, Saudi Arabia: A survey study

Alqahtani, Saad S.; Ahmad, Sarfaraz; Alam, Nawazish; Syed, Nabeel Kashan; Syed, Mamoon H.; Khardali, Amani; Yasmeen, Ayesha; Alshahrani, Ali; Alzarea, Abdulaziz Ibrahim; Alanazi, Abdullah Salah; Elnaem, Mohamed Hassan

doi:10.1016/j.jsps.2023.04.021

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“…Regarding PV general education, most respondents agreed that PV should be taught in undergraduate pharmacy schools in Saudi Arabia; in fact, several pharmacy schools recently added pharmacoepidemiology courses that encompass PV and medication safety to their new curricula. Previous studies conducted in Pakistan and Malaysia reported that the knowledge and level of awareness toward the importance of ADR reporting were high among pharmacy students compared to students from other medical schools 10 , 20 . Therefore, including the PV courses in undergraduate pharmacy schools in Saudi Arabia might contribute positively toward the country's future reporting rate of ADRs.…”

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“…This could offer diverse opportunities for pharmacists in Saudi Arabia to extend their routine practice beyond dispensing and preparing medications and into ensuring the safe and effective use of medicines through the provision of patient counseling, ADR reporting, and drug therapy monitoring. Indeed, among the HCPs, community pharmacists are the most accessible to the public regarding medication information and safety Fields 10 . They must have essential knowledge, attitudes, and practice toward medication safety and reporting ADRs 11 .…”

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Exploring the knowledge, perception, and practice of community pharmacists in Saudi Arabia toward pharmacovigilance and adverse drug reaction reporting. A nationwide survey

Khardali

2024

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One of the significant worldwide health problems associated with pharmacovigilance is the under-reporting of adverse drug reactions (ADRs). Reporting suspected ADRs is essential to ensure patient safety, medicine safety, and healthcare quality. The new policy in Saudi Arabia emphasizes pharmacists taking a new clinical role, which may facilitate and improve the documentation of ADRs. Therefore, this study aimed to assess the knowledge and perception of community pharmacists towards the ADRs and their reporting practice in Saudi Arabia. A cross-sectional study using a structured self-administered questionnaire was administered to community pharmacists working in Saudi Arabia. Data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics to identify the association between perceptions and ADR reporting practices. A P value < of 0.05 was considered statistically significant. A response rate of 43% (n = 163) was achieved, of whom 55.2% demonstrated knowledge of PV. Only 16% of community pharmacists were aware of the responsible center for monitoring and collecting ADRs in Saudi Arabia. The key facilitator was offering incentives to pharmacists, and the lack of time was found to be a key barrier among reporter community pharmacists. Positive attitudes toward pharmacovigilance and ADR reporting were expressed by community pharmacists. The findings of this study emphasize the further need for education and training programs and simplifying the ADR reporting process used in Saudi Arabia to enhance the reporting practice.

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Exploring the knowledge, perception, and practice of community pharmacists in Saudi Arabia toward pharmacovigilance and adverse drug reaction reporting. A nationwide survey

Khardali

2024

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“…Previous studies among hospital pharmacists reported inadequate knowledge as one of the barriers identified towards ADR reporting [ 76 , 77 ]. This highlighted the need for awareness enhancement programme covering all pharmacists as ADR reporting is a crucial component of pharmacovigilance in order to promote patient safety [ 78 ].…”

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Knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) on food-drug interaction (FDI) among pharmacists working in government health facilities in Sabah, Malaysia

Khong,

Tuan Mahmood,

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Background Food-drug interaction (FDI) is prevalent in our day-to-day life. Widely recognised as drug expert, pharmacists are responsible to provide patient education, including on FDI, to ensure optimum safety and efficacy of treatment. Most pharmacists have knowledge and experience regarding FDI to certain extent. However, the level of knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) towards FDI among pharmacists were yet to elucidated for many countries, including for Malaysia. Objective This study aims to assess pharmacists’ KAP on FDI, their inter-association, as well as association with sociodemographic characteristics in Sabah, Malaysia. Methods & materials A cross-sectional study was conducted from 1 to 31 May 2023, using online, self-administered Google Form questionnaire, involving 24 government hospitals and 113 government health clinics in Sabah. Results A total of 273 (or 35.5%) out of 768 pharmacists responded. Over two-third were female and serving government hospitals (79.6%). Mean score of KAP were 72.5 ± 14.3%, 93.2 ± 8.3% and 56.0 ± 16.7%, respectively, reflected good attitude but moderate knowledge and practice. Knowledge gaps identified include common medications such as paracetamol and metformin.Additionally, 28.2% respondents reported lack of FDI coverage during undergraduate, while merely 17.2% have received formal training on FDI after started working. Although 89.0% respondents agree that informing patients about possible FDIs is their responsibility, only 35.9% of the respondents usually or always practiced this. Such discrepancy maybe attributed to insufficient pharmacists’ knowledge on FDI, where pharmacists with good level of knowledge have almost 2 times higher odd for good level of practice, compared to those with poor/moderate knowledge (odds ratio, OR: 1.92; 95% CI 1.02–3.61; p = 0.040) in this study. Conclusion There are significant training gaps to be filled in. Pharmacist possessing good knowledge is a prerequisite for better pharmacy practice. Adequate education strategies covering FDI should be emphasised for all pharmacy undergraduates and practising pharmacists.

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Pharmacovigilance and outcomes: experience from Saudi Arabia narrative review

Alshammari

2024

Expert Review of Pharmacoeconomics & Outcomes Research

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Healthcare professionals' awareness, attitudes and practices towards pharmacovigilance and spontaneous adverse drug reaction reporting in Jazan Province, Saudi Arabia: A survey study

Cited by 4 publications

References 78 publications

Exploring the knowledge, perception, and practice of community pharmacists in Saudi Arabia toward pharmacovigilance and adverse drug reaction reporting. A nationwide survey

Exploring the knowledge, perception, and practice of community pharmacists in Saudi Arabia toward pharmacovigilance and adverse drug reaction reporting. A nationwide survey

Knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) on food-drug interaction (FDI) among pharmacists working in government health facilities in Sabah, Malaysia

Pharmacovigilance and outcomes: experience from Saudi Arabia narrative review

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