Knowledge and Perception about Pharmacovigilance among Pharmacy Students of Universities in Sana’a Yemen
Introduction: Pharmacists in community or hospital setting play a key role in reporting Adverse Drug Reaction (ADRs) during practice. Under reporting is considered as a profession malpractice worldwide. Aim: To determine the level of knowledge and perception about phramacovigilance and ADRs rep...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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JCDR Research and Publications Private Limited
2017-06-01
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| Series: | Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research |
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| Online Access: | https://jcdr.net/articles/PDF/10028/24228_CE[RA1]_F(DK)_PF1(SG_SS)_PFA(P)_PFA2(SS)_PF2(P_SY).pdf |
| Summary: | Introduction: Pharmacists in community or hospital setting
play a key role in reporting Adverse Drug Reaction (ADRs)
during practice. Under reporting is considered as a profession
malpractice worldwide.
Aim: To determine the level of knowledge and perception
about phramacovigilance and ADRs reporting among final year
pharmacy students of Universities in Sana’a Yemen.
Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional study design was
conducted among 385 final year pharmacy students. One public
and four private universities were selected randomly using a
validated self-administered questionnaire. The questionnaire
contained data about student demographic data, knowledge
and perception about the ADRs. The data was analysed by
SPSS program and Chi-square tests were used to assess the
significance of association.
Results: The male students were more knowledgeable than female
(p=0.035), as well as private university students had better ideas
on how to report ADRs than public university students (p=0.009).
Private university students reported that pharmacovigilance topic
is well covered in their curriculum compared to public university
students (p≤0.001). A significant difference was seen amongst
the students of public and private universities when asked
about reporting ADRs in future, former found more confident
(p≤0.001). Furthermore, the private university students also had
more command on the concept of post-marketing surveillance
than public university students (p≤0.001). The private university
students in Yemen were more known to causality assessment of
ADRs as compared to the students of public universities (p≤0.001).
The results of perception revealed regarding perception toward
ADRs and pharmacovigilance. Female students (p≤0.018) and
private universities students (p≤0.001) had positive perception
than male and public university students respectively.
Conclusion: The findings showed poor knowledge among
students in Sana’a Universities and positive perception towards
pharmacovigilance and ADRs reporting. A poor knowledge
among the future pharmacists suggests need for educational
interventions and improvement of strategies to ease the reporting
mechanisms. Steps can be taken to improve pharmacovigilance
tools and methods in Yemen as well as incorporating subjects of
pharmacovigilance in the health faculty’s curriculum in Yemen. |
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| ISSN: | 2249-782X 0973-709X |