The comparative evaluation of knowledge, attitude, and practice of different health-care professionals about the pharmacovigilance system of India

Abstract

In India, the under-reporting of adverse drug reactions (ADRs) by health professionals is recognized as one of the leading reasons of poor ADR signal detection. The knowledge of ADRs and positive attitude of health-care professionals toward ADRs reporting is vital for decreasing the irrational use of an inappropriate pharmacy. The present study was directed to assess the knowledge, attitude, and practice (KAP) of pharmacovigilance (PV) among the physicians, nurses, and pharmacists of a teaching tertiary care hospital of India. A structured questionnaire was designed using previous studies and standardized. Questions were categorized into three groups: Group 1 tested the knowledge (K1–K8), Group 2 tested attitude (A1–A6), and Group 3 tested the level of practice of PV (P1–P5) of the participant. Such 250 questionnaires were distributed to different health-care professionals of VIMS, Ballari. The participants were graded in three categories as poor, unsatisfactory, and satisfactory depending on the mean score. The data were interpreted by calculating the frequencies, one-way ANOVA and Scheffe's test. Furthermore, factors that discourage them from taking part in the PV program were recorded. A total of 182 questionnaires were statistically analyzed. It was found that KAP of PV among doctors, nurses, and pharmacists was unsatisfactory. Our study showed that knowledge, attitude, and level of practice of PV among doctors, nurses, and pharmacists stand inadequate. Educational interventions periodically can improve these parameters of PV.

Acquaintance, approach and application of pharmacovigilance: questionnaire based study at a tertiary care teaching hospital in Dhaka

“…In another study done by Bepari et al showed that higher number of the respondents do not know what to report and whom to report. 18 The present study revealed that students, interns and doctors were unaware of ADR monitoring center of their respective institution.…”

Nurses’ Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practice in Relation to Pharmacovigilance and Adverse Drug Reaction Reporting: A Systematic Review

“…All studies were published in English from 2010 to 2020. Four studies were from India [ 28 – 31 ], three from South Africa [ 32 – 34 ], three from Turkey [ 35 – 37 ], two from Saudi Arabia [ 38 , 39 ], two from Jordan [ 40 , 41 ], two from Pakistan [ 42 , 43 ], two from Nepal [ 44 , 45 ], one from Bhutan [ 46 ], one from Sweden [ 47 ], one from Iran [ 48 ], one from the United Arab Emirates [ 49 ], and one from Ethiopia [ 50 ].…”

“…Three items including advising patients on possible adverse reactions, history of encountering an ADR episode with a patient, and history of ADR reporting were applied to assess nurse practice of ADR reporting. Six of the included studies in the review did not provide any information for the items applied in the practice domain [ 28 , 33 , 41 , 44 , 46 , 48 ].…”

“…Of 23 included studies in the review, twelve studies provided data about barriers to ADR reporting experienced by nurses [ 28 , 30 , 31 , 35 , 36 , 40 – 44 , 47 , 49 ]. Lack of knowledge/training (median: 47.1%) was the most common barrier in ADR reporting from the nurses' opinion which was cited across all twelve studies.…”

Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Adverse Drug Reaction Monitoring and Pharmacovigilance among Various Healthcare Professionals in India

“…1800 1803 024) to make drug safety information available for Indian population. Beside suspected ADR reporting form, PvPI has generated medicine side effect reporting form for consumers/patients in their regional language (Bepari et al, 2019).…”