Table 2 Knowledge of HCPs about adverse drug reaction reporting
Knowledge about ADRs | Category | Correct | Incorrect | Don’t know | p value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Frequency (percentage) | Frequency (percentage) | Frequency (percentage) | |||
n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | |||
ADRs can be recognized as noxious, unwanted effects of drugs | Physicians | 95 (84.82) | 8 (7.14) | 9 (8.03) | 0.534 |
Pharmacists | 33 (89.18) | 3 (8.10) | 1 (2.70) | ||
Nurses | 162 (82.23) | 21 (10.65) | 13 (6.59) | ||
All serious ADRs are known before a drug is marketed | Physicians | 44 (39.28) | 63 (56.25) | 5 (4.46) | 0.013 |
Pharmacists | 25 (67.56) | 10 (27.02) | 2 (5.40) | ||
Nurses | 74 (37.56) | 108 (54.82) | 15 (7.62) | ||
ADRs should not be reported if uncertain about the medicine that caused the adverse effect | Physicians | 43 (38.39) | 64 (57.14) | 5 (4.46) | 0.000 |
Pharmacists | 17 (45.94) | 18 (48.64) | 2 (5.40) | ||
Nurses | 119 (60.40) | 76 (38.57) | 2 (1.01) | ||
ADRs which are previously documented by manufacturers, need not to be reported again | Physicians | 68 (60.71) | 31 (27.67) | 13 (11.60) | 0.639 |
Pharmacists | 24 (64.86) | 8 (21.62) | 5 (13.51) | ||
Nurses | 125 (63.45) | 54 (48.21) | 18 (16.07) |