Table 2.
Healthcare providers’ knowledge about pharmacovigilance and the ADRs reporting system pre and post the educational workshop (n = 150).
| Questions | Correct answer |
||
|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-workshop | Post-workshop | P-value‡ | |
| What is the definition of pharmacovigilance?1 | 13 (8.7) | 65 (43.3) | <0.001 |
| In Jordan, are there legal provisions that provide for pharmacovigilance activities?2 | 36 (24.0) | 135 (90.0) | <0.001 |
| In Jordan, is there pharmacovigilance center?2 | 34 (22.7) | 140 (93.3) | <0.001 |
| In Jordan, is there an official standardized form for reporting ADRs?2 | 48 (32.0) | 141 (94.0) | <0.001 |
| Do you know from where can you get the ADR reporting form?2 | 26 (17.3) | 137 (91.3) | <0.001 |
| To whom do you report the ADRs?3 | 28 (18.7) | 60 (40.0) | <0.001 |
| Patient information is required while reporting ADRs2 | 101 (67.3) | 142 (94.7) | <0.001 |
| Adverse reactions description is required while reporting ADRs2 | 105 (70.0) | 145 (96.7) | <0.001 |
| Information related to the suspected drug(s) is required while reporting ADRs2 | 97 (64.7) | 143 (95.3) | <0.001 |
| Information on management of the ADRs is required while reporting ADRs4 | 11 (7.3) | 10 (6.7) | 1.000 |
| Information about the reporter is required while reporting ADRs4 | 18 (12.0) | 10 (6.7) | 0.096 |
| What is the definition of adverse drug reaction?5 | 45 (30.0) | 56 (37.3) | 0.052 |
| ADRs should be reported only if they are of a serious nature4 | 73 (48.7) | 91 (60.7) | 0.013 |
| ADRs should be reported only if the reaction is unusual4 | 77 (51.3) | 103 (68.7) | <0.001 |
| ADRs should be reported only for non-established new pharmaceutical products. 4 | 85 (56.7) | 102 (68.0) | 0.027 |
| ADRs for well-established products should be reported2 | 110 (73.3) | 131 (87.3) | 0.001 |
| ADRs associated with herbal drug should always be reported2 | 90 (60.0) | 124 (82.7) | <0.001 |
| ADRs should not be reported until the particular drug responsible for it is identified4 | 61 (40.7) | 72 (48.0) | 0.228 |
| All suspected ADRs associated with drug-food interactions should be reported2 | 105 (70.0) | 137 (91.3) | <0.001 |
‡
Using McNemar test.
1
Pharmacovigilance is the science and activities relating to the detection, assessment, understanding and prevention of adverse effects or any other drug-related problem.
2
Yes.
3
The Jordanian food and drug administration.
4
No.
5
ADR: is a response to a drug which is noxious and unintended, and which occurs at doses normally used in man for the prophylaxis, diagnosis, or therapy of disease, or for the modifications of physiological function.