Table 5.
Practices of 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 (%) |
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| Have you ever encountered patients with ADR in your clinical practice in the last 12 months? | ||||||
| Yes | 102 (44.3) | 32 (72.7) | 11 (52.4) | 145 (49.2) | 11.816 | .002 |
| No | 127 (55.2) | 12 (27.3) | 10 (47.6) | 149 (50.5) | ||
| How many patients with ADR did you see? | ||||||
| One | 21 (9.13) | 6 | 3 | 30 (10.17) | 13.972 | .083 |
| Two | 30 (13.04) | 6 | 5 | 41 (13.9) | ||
| Three | 20 (8.7) | 13 (29.55) | 1 | 34 (11.53) | ||
| Four | 14 (6.1) | 6 | — | 20 (6.78) | ||
| Above four | 18 (7.83) | 1 | 2 | 21 (7.12) | ||
| Have you noted down the ADR you encountered on the patient clinical record? | ||||||
| Yes | 75 (32.61) | 28 (63.64) | 7 (33.3%) | 110 (37.3) | 4.150 | .386 |
| No | 28 (12.17) | 4 | 4 | 36 (12.2) | ||
| Have you ever reported the ADRs? | ||||||
| Yes | 134 (58.26) | 34 (77.27) | 11 (52.4) | 179 (60.68) | 6.139 | .046 |
| No | 95 (41.3) | 10 (22.73) | 10 (47.6) | 115 (38.98) | ||
| Where did you report that reaction? | ||||||
| Hospital | 67 (29.13) | 26 (59.1) | 9 (42.86) | 102 (34.58) | 15.125 | .019 |
| Pharmaceutical company | 33 (14.35) | 7 | 1 | 41 (13.9) | ||
| FMHACA | 2 (0.87) | — | — | 2 | ||
| Doctor | 37 (16.1) | 1 | 1 | 39 (13.22) | ||
| How often do you give advice to your patients on possible adverse effects of drugs you prescribed, dispensed, or administered? | ||||||
| Usually | 69 (30) | 18 (40.91) | 14 (66.67) | 101 (34.24) | 14.842 | .022 |
| Sometimes | 147 (63.91) | 26 (59.1) | 7 (33.33) | 180 (61.02) | ||
| Never | 12 (5.22) | — | — | 12 (4.07) | ||
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.