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

Authors

  • Debasish Misra Department of Pharmacology, IMS & SUM Hospital, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
  • Smita Das Department of Pharmacology, IMS & SUM Hospital, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
  • Rasmirekha Behera Department of Pharmacology, IMS & SUM Hospital, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
  • Karmajeet Rath Department of Pharmacology, IMS & SUM Hospital, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
  • Swati Mishra Department of Pharmacology, IMS & SUM Hospital, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
  • Sudhansu Sekhar Mishra Department of Pharmacology, IMS & SUM Hospital, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18203/2319-2003.ijbcp20192210

Keywords:

Adverse reaction, KAP, Nurses, Pharmacovigilance

Abstract

Background: Nursing staffs spend most time in patient care and are bedside caregivers. To expect voluntary reporting of adverse reactions, it is essential that they possess proper knowledge, right attitude and practice reporting. Therefore, the present study was aimed to assess the Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Pharmacovigilance towards ADRs reporting.

Methods: A prospective, cross sectional, observational, questionnaire-based survey was conducted among nurses in a tertiary care teaching hospital in Eastern India. Questionnaire containing 15 questions was used to assess knowledge, attitude and practice. The questionnaire was administered to 150 nurses. Analysis of data was done using statistical software..

Results: The response rate in our study was 86.67%. Nurses have good knowledge of pharmacovigilance and adverse reaction. However, only 10% have reported an adverse reaction in our study. This shows that in spite of having a good knowledge of reporting, nurses have poor attitude, which is reflected by a low reporting rate. Nurses opined that taking patient care is of prime importance than report an adverse reaction. This corroborates the low reporting rate in our set up.

Conclusions: Majority of nurses have good knowledge on pharmacovigilance and adverse drug reaction. The concern remains on the low reporting rate. Continuous training programmes, and reminders likely to enhance the voluntary reporting from the nursing staffs.

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2019-05-23

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Misra, D., Das, S., Behera, R., Rath, K., Mishra, S., & Mishra, S. S. (2019). 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. International Journal of Basic & Clinical Pharmacology, 8(6), 1403–1408. https://doi.org/10.18203/2319-2003.ijbcp20192210

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