Table 4.
Responses to questions regarding attitudes of private practitioners towards ADR reporting
| Frequency (%) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Strongly agree - Agree | Disagree - Strongly disagree | |
| 1. The blue card is not available and I do not know from where I can get the card | 100 (68.9) | 45 (31.1) |
| 2. The card is too difficult to fill up | 45 (39.1) | 70 (60.9) |
| 3. The space provided in the card to describe the ADR is too little – or inadequate/insufficient | 55 (47.8) | 60 (52.1) |
| 4. It requires stating my identity, which I do not wish to provide | 42 (36.6) | 73 (63.5) |
| 5. It requires stating patient’s identity, which I do not wish to provide | 54 (46.9) | 61 (53.1) |
| 6. Filling this card will hold me responsible for ADR related harm to the patient | 45 (38.5) | 72 (61.5) |
| 7. I do not know the relevant phone numbers | 96 (66.7) | 48 (33.3) |
| 8. I do not know the address of the agency to which I should report | 82 (56.9) | 62 (43.1) |
| 9. I am not sure about how to report | 79 (55.6) | 63 (44.4) |
| 10. I am not sure whether the patient’s confidentiality will be maintained | 90 (62.9) | 53 (37.1) |
| 11. I feel I will appear foolish | 11 (7.8) | 131 (92.2) |
| 12. I am worried about legal liabilities | 54 (37.5) | 90 (62.5) |
| 13. I am too busy to report | 58 (40.6) | 85 (59.4) |
| 14. I wish to publish a personal series of cases rather than reporting ADRs | 15 (10.6) | 126 (89.4) |
| 15. Really serious ADRs are well documented by the time a drug is marketed | 120 (81.9) | 26 (18.1) |
| 16. It is nearly impossible to determine if a drug is responsible for a particular adverse event | 74 (52.1) | 68 (47.9) |
| 17. The one case an individual physician might see cannot contribute to medical knowledge | 34 (23.5) | 108 (74.5) |
| 18. I should be financially reimbursed for providing the reports of ADRs | 29 (20.6) | 112 (79.4) |
| 19. I have a professional obligation to report ADRs | 116 (80.6) | 28 (19.4) |
| 20. Reporting ADRs puts my career at risk | 29 (20.4) | 113 (79.6) |
| 21. It takes too much time to report ADRs | 65 (47.4) | 72 (52.6) |
| 22. I will be asked to provide more information which I don’t want to do because I am busy, it will take too much time (or other reasons) | 77 (54.6) | 64 (45.4) |