Table 3.

Attitude of the physicians of both groups regarding pharmacovigilance.

	Doctors attending CME	Doctors not attending CME
Sources used to gather information about ADRs
Textbooks	38	40
Journals	69	42*
Medical representatives	7	17**
Internet	63	49
Seminar/conferences	65	22#
Drug promotional literature	9	26*
ADRs reported till now
None	77	68
1–5	15	25
6–10	1	7
15–20	4	—
	1	—
Free access to ADR reporting form	63	19#
Information was clear on the form	58	14#
Need for training on filling of ADR reporting form	90	82
Method preferred for reporting ADR information
Direct contact	40	32
Telephone	26	25
Email	44	54
Self	15	7
Other	17	4*

*P < 0.005; ^# P < 0.0001; **P < 0.05; ^## P < 0.001.