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. 2023 Oct 26;96(4):406–412. doi: 10.15386/mpr-2076

Table II.

Percentage of correct responses by doctors and nurses regarding pharmacovigilance before and after an educational intervention.

Questions Nurses (N = 115) Doctors (N = 42)
Pre-intervention - % of correct answer Post-intervention - % of correct answer Difference in % of correct pre- and post-intervention scores Pre-intervention - % of correct answer Post-intervention - % of correct answer Difference in % of correct pre- and post-intervention scores
1. What is pharmacovigilance? 91.30 98.26 6.96 76.2 97.6 24.4
2. Objectives of spontaneous reporting 38.26 38.26 0.00 38.1 59.5 21.4
3. Who can report ADRs? 93.04 93.91 0.87 95.2 100 4.8
4. Regulatory body for ADR monitoring 73.91 94.78 20.79 97.6 100 2.4
5. What is materiovigilance? 61.74 78.26 16.52 90.5 100 9.5
6. Tool for online reporting - Vigiflow 64.35 97.39 33.04 71.4 92.9 21.5
7. Common adverse effect of drugs 65.22 84.35 19.13 69 88.1 19.1
8. Forms for reporting ADRs 44.35 80.87 36.52 47.6 95.2 47.6
9. Causality assessment scales 42.61 92.17 49.56 33.3 54.8 21.5
10. Number of reports required to generate signal 33.91 82.61 48.70 23.8 50 26.2
11. Number of medical device monitoring centres in India 55.65 96.52 40.87 31 57.1 26.1
12. Languages in which consumer ADR reporting is available 62.61 97.39 34.78 40.5 50 9.5
13. ICH guideline regarding ICSR reporting 63.48 97.39 33.91 28.6 54.8 26.2
14. Naranjo scale - score for “definite” ADR 53.04 89.57 36.53 26.2 54.8 28.2
15. PvPI - year of inauguration 66.09 96.52 30.43 19 42.9 23.9
16. What is included under pharmacovigilance? 53.91 84.35 30.44 73.8 83.3 9.5
17. WHO-UMC causality assessment scale - number of categories 58.26 93.91 35.65 35.7 69 33.3
18. Centres for reporting of adverse event due to medical devices 34.78 78.26 43.48 35.7 78.6 42.9
19. Number of ADR monitoring centres in India 67.83 95.65 27.82 42.9 90.5 47.6
20. Phases of clinical trial 1.74 0.00 -1.74 78.6 90.5 11.9