• Int. J. Clin. Pract. · Nov 2021

    "Pharmacovigilance Education to Healthcare Professionals: Will it Affect Their Performance in Reporting Adverse Drug Reactions?"

    • IbrahimDina MohamedDMClinical Pharmacy Department, New Cairo Hospital, Cairo, Egypt., May Ahmed Shawki, SolaymanMohamed HassanMHClinical Pharmacy Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt., and SabriNagwa AliNAClinical Pharmacy Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt..
    • Clinical Pharmacy Department, New Cairo Hospital, Cairo, Egypt.
    • Int. J. Clin. Pract. 2021 Nov 1; 75 (11): e14731.

    AimTo assess impact of pharmacovigilance (PV) educational program on knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) of healthcare professionals (HCPs).Methodsa prospective study was conducted on HCPs at an Egyptian hospital. The study included: pre-education phase; where KAP questionnaire was administered by HCPs to obtain baseline data, intervention phase; where educational sessions were held by clinical pharmacists and Egyptian PV centre, and post-education phase; where the questionnaire was re-administered by participants 9 months post-receiving educational sessions. The questionnaire comprised five sections: participants' demographics, knowledge, attitude and practice sections and two multiple choice questions asking about the importance of establishment of ADRs monitoring centre, and factors hindering ADRs reporting. Pre-education and post-education data were compared.ResultsFrom 221 HCPs invited to participate, only 153 filled the pre-education and post-education questionnaires. At baseline, the median (range) of the total KAP score were 1 (0-7), 1 (0-4) and 4 (0-14) for physicians, nurses and pharmacists, respectively. All KAP scores were low for all HCPs at baseline with the pharmacists having significantly higher knowledge and attitude scores compared with physicians, and nurses (P < .001). After education, all scores significantly increased and 13 ADRs were reported by HCPs compared with only 2 at baseline.ConclusionIt was concluded that educational program had a significant impact on enhancing KAP of HCPs towards PV and ADRs reporting.© 2021 John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

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