Table 3.
General Awareness Regarding ADR Reporting Among Health Care Professionals at HFSUH, Harar, Eastern Ethiopia, From February to March 2015.
| Variables | Professions |
Total 295 (%) |
Pearson chi-square | P value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nurses 230 (%) |
Physicians 44 (%) |
Pharmacists 21 (%) |
||||
| To whom do you think that ADRs should be reported?a | ||||||
| Manufacturer | 12 (5.22) | 1 | — | 13 (4.41) | 1.803 | .406 |
| Minister of health of the country | 28 (12.2) | 7 | 5 | 40 (13.6) | 2.466 | .291 |
| Drug therapeutic committee of respective health facility | 126 (54.8) | 30 (68.2) | 4 | 160 (54.2) | 13.952 | .001 |
| FMHACA | 49 (21.3) | 7 | 12 (57.14) | 68 (23.05) | 15.421 | .000 |
| Pharmacy department | 17 (7.4) | — | 1 | 18 (6.1) | 3.593 | .166 |
| Who do you think is primarily responsible to remind and follow up patients about side effects of drugs they are given? | ||||||
| Pharmacistsa | 142 (61.74) | 25 (56.8) | 19 (90.5) | 186 (63.1) | 7.684 | .021 |
| Physiciansa | 150 (65.2) | 30 (68.2) | 7 | 187 (63.4) | 8.941 | .011 |
| Nursesa | 63 (27.4) | 7 | 3 | 73 (24.75) | 3.943 | .139 |
| What is your source of information about ADR? | ||||||
| National drug formulary and STGa | 115 (50) | 27 (61.4) | 13 (61.9) | 155 (52.5) | 2.707 | .258 |
| Standard textbooka | 76 (33) | 13 (29.5) | 9 (42.9) | 98 (33.2) | 1.150 | .563 |
| Note from traininga | 37 (16.1) | 4 | — | 41 (13.9) | 5.498 | .240 |
| Drug salesmana | 4 | 1 | — | 5 | 0.453 | .797 |
| What possible factor(s) do you think predispose(s) a patient to ADR? | ||||||
| Dispensing errora | 153 (66.5) | 31 (70.5) | 15 (71.4) | 199 (67.5) | 0.423 | .810 |
| Overdosea | 105 (45.7) | 19 (43.2) | 16 (76.2) | 140 (47.5) | 7.507 | .023 |
| Prescription errora | 182 (47.53) | 36 (81.8) | 14 (66.7) | 232 (78.6) | 2.090 | .352 |
| Lifestyle of the patienta | 86 (37.4) | 19 (43.2) | 9 (42.9) | 114 (38.6) | 0.692 | .708 |
| Nonadherence to drug regimena | 93 (40.4) | 19 (43.2) | 11 (52.4) | 123 (41.7) | 1.177 | .555 |
Note. Association is done using Pearson chi-square test, P < .05 considered to be statistically significant. HFSUH = Hiwot Fana Specialized University Hospital; ADR = adverse drug reaction; FMHACA = Food, Medicine and Health Care Administration and Control Authority; STG = standard treatment guideline.
a
Indicates some participants selected multiple answer.