Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices of Healthcare Professionals about Pharmacovigilance and Adverse Drug Reactions in a University Hospital

ARICI M. A., ŞİMŞEK O., İNCİR C., GELAL A., TUNÇOK Y., UÇKU Ş. R., ...Daha Fazla

LATIN AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHARMACY, cilt.41, sa.7, ss.1286-1294, 2022 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 41 Sayı: 7
  • Basım Tarihi: 2022
  • Dergi Adı: LATIN AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHARMACY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, BIOSIS, EMBASE, International Pharmaceutical Abstracts
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.1286-1294
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: adverse drug reaction, attitude, health care professionals, knowledge pharmacovigilance, practice
  • Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

The study was aimed to determine the knowledge, attitudes and practices of physicians and nurses working in a University Health Campus regarding pharmacovigilance (PV) and adverse drug reactions (ADR). This cross-sectional, questionnaire based study has been conducted in Dokuz Eylul University Health Campus. Total number of 466 (56.9%) of the questionnaires which 819 distributed to HCPs were answered. The 60.1% of the HCPs were physicians. The total mean knowledge scores of who had more than five years of experience (14.4 +/- 3.9) and who had trained (14.4 +/- 3.6) were higher compared who had lower than five years of experience (13.3 +/- 3.7) and who hadn't trained (12.9 +/- 3.8) (p = 0.001 and p < 0.001). HCPs had the positive attitudes towards PV and ADR reportings. HCPs working in a university hospital have limited knowledge towards PV; but they have positive attitudes. The positive attitudes of HCPs, especially those with high knowledge scores show the importance of training in this regard.