Table 5 .
Personal and professional factors associated with ADR reporting in the past 12 months among 1164 healthcare professionals who had been in post for at least 1 year, Uganda, 2013
| Factor | ADR reporter |
Crude analysis |
Adjusted analysis |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes (%) | N (%) | OR | 95% CI | p Value | OR | 95% CI | p Value | |
| Level of health facility | ||||||||
| Other | 36 (8.0) | 413 (92.0) | 1.0 | 1.0 | ||||
| Hospital | 128 (17.9) | 587 (82.1) | 2.5 | 1.69 to 3.70 | <0.001 | 1.9 | 1.18 to 3.10 | 0.008 |
| Type of health facility | ||||||||
| Public | 91 (18.5) | 402 (81.5) | 1.0 | 1.0 | ||||
| Private not-for-profit | 40 (16.8) | 198 (83.2) | 0.9 | 0.59 to 1.34 | 0.585 | 0.8 | 0.50 to 1.23 | 0.286 |
| Private for-profit | 33 (7.6) | 400 (92.4) | 0.4 | 0.24 to 0.56 | <0.001 | 0.5 | 0.28 to 0.77 | 0.003 |
| Region of the country | ||||||||
| Central | 82 (15.9) | 433 (84.1) | 1.0 | 1.0 | ||||
| Eastern | 36 (9.7) | 334 (90.3) | 0.6 | 0.38 to 0.86 | 0.008 | 0.7 | 0.43 to 1.13 | 0.140 |
| Other | 46 (16.5) | 233 (83.5) | 1.0 | 0.70 to 1.55 | 0.836 | 1.2 | 0.75 to 1.84 | 0.471 |
| Professional cadre | ||||||||
| Nurse | 93 (13.5) | 597 (86.5) | 1.0 | 1.0 | ||||
| Non-nurse | 71 (15.0) | 403 (85.0) | 1.1 | 0.81 to 1.58 | 0.470 | 0.8 | 0.55 to 1.18 | 0.264 |
| Age | ||||||||
| Less than 30 years | 70 (15.0) | 396 (85.0) | 1.0 | 1.0 | ||||
| Aged 30 years or older | 94 (13.5) | 604 (86.5) | 0.9 | 0.63 to 1.23 | 0.455 | 0.6 | 0.43 to 0.91 | 0.014 |
| Patient load | ||||||||
| Greater than 30/day | 84 (16.1) | 439 (83.9) | 1.0 | 1.0 | ||||
| At most 30/day | 80 (12.5) | 561 (87.5) | 0.7 | 0.54 to 1.04 | 0.081 | 0.9 | 0.61 to 1.27 | 0.510 |
| Department | ||||||||
| Surgery | 10 (11.5) | 77 (88.5) | 1.0 | 1.0 | ||||
| Medicine | 95 (16.3) | 488 (83.7) | 1.5 | 0.75 to 3.00 | 0.253 | 2.3 | 1.08 to 4.73 | 0.030 |
| Paediatrics, Obs&Gyn | 18 (10.5) | 153 (89.5) | 0.9 | 0.40 to 2.06 | 0.065 | 0.8 | 0.36 to 1.95 | 0.675 |
| Other | 41 (12.7) | 282 (87.3) | 1.1 | 0.54 to 2.34 | 0.147 | 1.6 | 0.73 to 3.50 | 0.243 |
| Involved in medical research | ||||||||
| No | 103 (12.6) | 716 (87.4) | 1.0 | 1.0 | ||||
| Yes | 61 (17.7) | 284 (82.3) | 1.5 | 1.06 to 2.11 | 0.023 | 1.3 | 0.88 to 1.87 | 0.191 |
| Ever encountered fatal ADR | ||||||||
| No | 98 (10.7) | 820 (89.3) | 1.0 | 1.0 | ||||
| Yes | 62 (27.1) | 167 (72.9) | 3.0 | 2.12 to 4.33 | <0.001 | 2.9 | 1.94 to 4.25 | <0.001 |
| Knowing to whom to report | ||||||||
| No | 62 (11.0) | 504 (89.1) | 1.0 | 1.0 | ||||
| Yes | 102 (17.1) | 496 (82.9) | 1.7 | 1.19 to 2.35 | 0.003 | 1.7 | 1.18 to 2.46 | 0.005 |
| Suggestions for improved ADR reporting | ||||||||
| No | 32 (10.6) | 270 (89.4) | 1.0 | 1.0 | ||||
| Yes | 132 (15.3) | 730 (84.7) | 1.5 | 1.01 to 2.30 | 0.044 | 1.6 | 1.04 to 2.49 | 0.032 |
ADR, adverse drug reaction; Obs&Gyn, Obstetrics and Gynaecology.