Year: 2015
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: BACKGROUND: Monitoring and evaluation of adverse drug reactions (ADRs) through a well-organized pharmacovigilance system is vital for safe use of medicines.ADR reporting by healthcare professionals forms the backbone of pharmacovigilance system.AIM: To assess the awareness of pharmacovigilance among resident doctors in a tertiary care hospital.MATERIAL AND METHODS: This is a cross sectional descriptive study, carried out in a total 160 resident doctors from various specialities in a government run tertiary care teaching hospital were administered a questionnaire to evaluate knowledge, attitude and practice of pharmacovigilance.The questionnaire consisted of open and closed ended questions.The study was conducted in January/ February 2012.RESULTS: Most of the residents had heard the term 'pharmacovigilance' but only 25% knew the actual meaning of it.About 84% of the residents did not know about Pharmacovigilance Programme of India (PvPI), 68% did not know about existence of any ADR reporting centers in the country.Most of them (75%) agreed that ADR reporting is responsibility of the doctors.So far none of the residents have reported an ADR under PvPI.CONCLUSION: The awareness of pharmacovigilance among resident doctors in teaching hospitals is very low.There is an urgent need to train health professionals in pharmacovigilance to improve the current sorry state.
Authors: Amit A Bansode, Zad V R, Sawa S D, Dudhal K S
Language: English
Subfield: Toxicology
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W2318323908