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Observational studyPharmacology research & perspectives2021

Direct healthcare professional communications: A quantitative assessment study.

Hajar Alsaleh, Thamir M Alshammari

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Observational study in Pharmacology research & perspectives, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing papers in PubMed
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 49% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Hajar AlsalehSaudi Food and Drug Authority, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-8424-3434
Thamir M AlshammariSaudi Food and Drug Authority, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-5630-2468
King Saud University · SASaudi Arabian Monetary Authority · SA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A retrospective observational study evaluated the direct healthcare professional communication (DHPC) letters disseminated by the Saudi Food and Drug Authority (SFDA) and their compliance with the pharmacovigilance guidelines. The study was utilized all DHPC letters available on the SFDA website, which is intended to communicate drug safety information to healthcare professionals (HCPs). Then, the letters were evaluated based on DHPC letter requirements approved in the European Medicines Agency (EMA) pharmacovigilance guidelines. Statistical analyses were conducted utilizing statistical analysis software (SAS

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CommunicationDrug-Related Side Effects and Adverse ReactionsHealth PersonnelPharmacovigilanceHumansRetrospective StudiesSaudi Arabiadear healthcare professional letterpharmacovigilanceregulatory authoritiesrisk communicationsrisk minimization

Identifiers

PMID33929085
PMCPMC8085968
OpenAlexW3158794602

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