Open AccessAn evaluation of knowledge, attitude, and practice of adverse drug reaction reporting in a tertiary care teaching hospital of Sikkim
Author(s) -
Supratim Datta,
Shramana Sengupta
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
perspectives in clinical research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.649
H-Index - 8
eISSN - 2229-5488
pISSN - 2229-3485
DOI - 10.4103/2229-3485.167096
Subject(s) - pharmacovigilance , under reporting , medicine , observational study , adverse drug reaction , drug reaction , family medicine , teaching hospital , tertiary care , health care , adverse effect , medical emergency , drug , pharmacology , statistics , mathematics , economics , economic growth
Spontaneous voluntary adverse drug reaction (ADR) reporting is paramount to the success of the Pharmacovigilance Programme of India. There has however been minimal and sporadic voluntary reporting of ADR's at the ADR Monitoring Centre (AMC) Gangtok, Sikkim. Knowledge, perception, attitude, and awareness of health professionals are determinants of reporting practices. This questionnaire study aims at evaluating these indicators in the teaching hospital attached to the Medical Institute and find out methods to improve existing reporting practices.