Table II.
Knowledge of ADR reporting among healthcare workers at Mulago National Referral Hospital, January 2010'March 2010 (N=223)
| Characteristic | n (%) |
| Understand the concept of ADR reporting | |
| Understand | 154(69.1) |
| Don't understand | 69(30.9) |
| Know who should report ADRs | |
| Know | 168(75.3) |
| Don't know | 55(24.7) |
| Awareness of the existence of the NPC in Uganda | |
| Aware | 93(41.7) |
| Not aware | 130(58.3) |
| Knowledge of location of Head offices of the NPC | |
| Know | 41(18.4) |
| Don't know | 182(81.6) |
| Awareness of the existence of the HPC | |
| Aware | 48(21.5) |
| Not aware | 175(78.5) |
| Knowledge of the location of the HPC | |
| Know | 11(4.9) |
| Don't know | 212(95.1) |
| General awareness of the existence of national ADR reporting forms | |
| Aware | 84(37.7) |
| Not aware | 139(62.3) |
| Awareness of availability of ADR reporting forms on hospital wards | |
| Aware | 21(25.3) |
| Not aware | 62(74.7) |
| Knowledge of the purpose of ADR reporting | |
| Identification of safety signals | 135(60.5) |
| Identify serious and rare ADRs | 124 (55.6) |
| Reveal clinical features of ADRs | 98 (44.0) |
| Identify risk factors for ADRs | 76(34.1) |
| Comparison of ADRs | 63(28.3) |
| Calculate incidence of ADRs | 109(48.9) |
| General level of knowledge of ADR reporting | |
| Poor (0–24%) | 80(35.9) |
| Fair (25–49%) | 89(39.9) |
| Good (50–74%) | 40(17.9) |
| Very Good (75–100%) | 14(6.3) |
NPC-National Pharmacovigilance Centre, HPC- Hospital Pharmacovigilance Centre