Open AccessPHARMACOVIGILANCE AND ADVERSE DRUG REPORTING SYSTEM
Author(s) -
Huma Ali,
Farya Zafar,
Safila Naveed,
Shabaz Shah,
Saba Ajaz Baloch,
Ghazala Raza Naqvi,
Shehla Siddiqui
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
the professional medical journal/the professional medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2071-7733
pISSN - 1024-8919
DOI - 10.29309/tpmj/2016.23.01.803
Subject(s) - pharmacovigilance , medicine , pharmacy , curriculum , adverse drug reaction , family medicine , drug reaction , medical education , perception , adverse effect , drug , pharmacology , psychology , pedagogy , neuroscience
This study was conducted to assess the pharmacy students and graduateknowledge and awareness about pharmacovigilance & adverse drug reporting (ADR) systemin Karachi, Pakistan. Objectives: This study was designed to identify the trends, perception andapproaches of pharmacy students and graduate towards current scenarios of pharmacovigilanceand ADR contextual to our setting. Study Design: It was cross sectional, qualitative study.Setting: Pharmacy final year students and fresh graduates of two public and two private sectoruniversities were included in the study. Period: Data was collected between January to August,2015. Method: Relevant information was collected using questionnaire with 18 open ended and7 close ended questions. 400 final year participants and 150 fresh graduates were incorporatedin this survey. SPSS 20.0 was used to analyze the results and Percent, frequencies and meanscores were calculated for various outcomes. Results: Response rate of final year studentsand fresh graduates was found (97%, n = 388) and (88%, n= 132) respectively. Students levelof awareness about pharmacovigilance was found (54%, n =216) in final year students whilelittle higher rates were observed (78%, n=110) in graduates. Concept of pharmacovigilancegained through pharmacy curriculum was calculated 45% rated by final year students. Thepharmacovigilance knowledge mean score was found to be 2.368.5 and 2.886.3 for final yearstudents and fresh graduates respectively. 58% total respondents were aware with relationshipbetween the drug and the ADR. Conclusion: The results of this study demonstrate that pharmacystudents of final year in public and private sector universities of Pakistan are aware with somebasic knowledge of ADRs and pharmacovigilance, but it is a need of time to incorporate morecontents of such aspects in curriculum with some practical exposure that how to report ADRs.