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Health Professionals' Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices about Pharmacovigilance in India: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
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- An Awareness of Pharmacovigilance Among Healthcare Professionals Due to an Underreporting of Adverse Drug Reactions Issue: A Systematic Review of the Current State, Obstacles, and Strategy.Current drug safety · 2024Pooled it
- Nurses' Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practice in Relation to Pharmacovigilance and Adverse Drug Reaction Reporting: A Systematic Review.BioMed research international · 2021Pooled it
- Adverse Drug Reaction Reporting in Ethiopia: Systematic Review.BioMed research international · 2020Pooled it
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- Adverse event reporting practices in drug-resistant tuberculosis facilities across South Africa.Southern African journal of infectious diseases · 2023Article
- Challenges for Lower-Middle-Income Countries in Achieving Universal Healthcare: An Indian Perspective.Cureus · 2023Review
- Assessment of Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Adverse Drug Reaction Reporting Among Healthcare Professionals working in Primary, Secondary and Tertiary Healthcare Facilities in Ekiti State, South-West Nigeria.Hospital pharmacy · 2021Article
- What empirical research has been undertaken on the ethics of clinical research in India? A systematic scoping review and narrative synthesis.BMJ global health · 2021Article
- An observational study to assess the possibility of patient participation in implementing pharmacovigilance in a busy tertiary care hospital.Medical journal, Armed Forces India · 2020Article
- Knowledge, attitudes and practices of health care professionals towards adverse drug reaction reporting in public sector primary health care facilities in a South African district.European journal of clinical pharmacology · 2020Article
- Post marketing surveillance of suspected adverse drug reactions through spontaneous reporting: current status, challenges and the future.Therapeutic advances in drug safety · 2020Review
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- Pharmacovigilance in India: Present Scenario and Future Challenges.Drug safety · 2019Article
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Abstract
backgroundSpontaneous or voluntary reporting of suspected adverse drug reactions (ADRs) is one of the vital roles of all health professionals. In India, under-reporting of ADRs by health professionals is recognized as one of the leading causes of poor ADR signal detection. Therefore, reviewing the literature can provide a better understanding of the status of knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) of Pharmacovigilance (PV) activities by health professionals.
methodsA systematic review was performed through Pubmed, Scopus, Embase and Google Scholar scientific databases. Studies pertaining to KAP of PV and ADR reporting by Indian health professionals between January 2011 and July 2015 were included in a meta-analysis.
resultsA total of 28 studies were included in the systematic review and 18 of them were selected for meta-analysis. Overall, 55.6% (95% CI 44.4-66.9; p<0.001) of the population studied were not aware of the existence of the Pharmacovigilance Programme in India (PvPI), and 31.9% (95% CI 16.3-47.4; p<0.001) thought that "all drugs available in the market are safe". Furthermore, 28.7% (95% CI 16.4-40.9; p<0.001) of them were not interested in reporting ADRs and 74.5%, (95% CI 67.9-81.9; p<0.001) never reported any ADR to PV centers.
conclusionThere was an enormous gap of KAP towards PV and ADR reporting, particularly PV practice in India. There is therefore an urgent need for educational awareness, simplification of the ADR reporting process, and implementation of imperative measures to practice PV among healthcare professionals. In order to understand the PV status, PvPI should procedurally assess the KAP of health professionals PV activities in India.
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