Table 5.
Healthcare workers' attitude for reporting, some instances of adverse drug reaction
Event | Category of reaction | Report before the intervention | Report after the intervention | p Value |
Carbamazepine-induced agranulocytosis | Serious | 30 (36.6) | 74 (90.2) | <0.001 |
Hypoglycaemia's coma of a new diabetes medication | Serious for a new drug | 48 (58.5) | 45 (54.9) | 0.72 |
Myalgia with a new statin | New drug | 19 (23.2) | 20 (14.2) | 1 |
Weight loss after 8 weeks of fluoxetine | Well recognised for a particular drug | 69 (7.3) | 13 (15.9) | 0.14 |
Rash with amoxicillin after 6-day treatment | Well recognised for a particular drug | 18 (22) | 12 (14.6) | 0.33 |
Foot oedema after 4-month amlodipine treatment | Well recognised for a particular drug | 19 (23.2) | 18 (22) | 1 |
Pain and tingling of tongue after 2 weeks of a new anti-seizure therapy | Reaction not reported before for a particular drug | 33 (40.2) | 40 (48.8) | 0.34 |
Bronchospasm in an asthmatic patient after the first administration of a β blocker | Serious well recognised for a particular drug | 33 (40.2) | 29 (35.4) | 0.63 |