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What are the patients' and health care professionals' understanding and behaviors towards adverse drug reaction reporting and additional monitoring?
Author(s) -
Januskiene Justina,
Segec Andrej,
Slattery Jim,
Genov Georgy,
Plueschke Kelly,
Kurz Xavier,
Arlett Peter
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.023
H-Index - 96
eISSN - 1099-1557
pISSN - 1053-8569
DOI - 10.1002/pds.5162
Subject(s) - medicine , novelty , pharmacovigilance , adverse drug reaction , health professionals , family medicine , alternative medicine , health care , adverse effect , drug , pharmacology , pathology , social psychology , psychology , economics , economic growth
Background The additional monitoring (AM)/black triangle concept is aimed to enhance ADR reporting for certain types of medicinal products for which the safety profile is less well established. Purpose The objective of this survey was to assess (a) attitudes towards ADR reporting and reasons for not reporting an ADR and (b) awareness of AM among HCPs, patients or their careers in EU countries. Methods An online questionnaire which was available in all EU languages was completed by 2918 responders coming from all EEA countries. Results The main factors motivating to report an ADR were severity or novelty of the reaction or novelty of the medicine. The main factors for not reporting an ADR was the fact that the ADR is already known (35%), the ADR was not serious (18%) or reporter was not sure if the ADR was related to the medicine (15%). Half of the respondents indicated that they have seen AM statement before. Thirty percent of the responders had correct understanding of the AM concept while 20 % misunderstood the concept. Conclusion Underreporting occurs but it seems this is because of reporter's prioritisation towards certain type of ADRs. AM aims to increase reporting for certain medicines, however, approximately half of responders have seen the AM symbol before and 20% of all responders (independent of their previous awareness) misunderstood the concept.