Table 2.
Attitudes of health care professionals towards the reporting of adverse drug reactions (ADRs) (n = 200)
| Item | Pharmacist (n = 10) | Medical practitioner (n = 23) | Professional nurse (n = 89) | Post-basic pharmacist assistant (n = 78) | Total positive responses (n = 200) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number (%) of positive responses per health care professional category | ||||||
| ADR reporting is necessary | 10 (100%) | 21 (91.0%) | 84 (94.4%) | 67 (85.9%) | 182 (91.0%) | |
| ADR reporting is a professional obligation | 10 (100%) | 18 (78.3%) | 87 (97.8%) | 63 (80.8%) | 178 (89.0%) | |
| Need for training on ADR reporting | 7 (70.0%) | 20 (87.0%) | 78 (87.6%) | 73 (93.6%) | 178 (89.0%) | |
| ADR reporting should be | Voluntary | 4 (40.0%) | 3 (13.0%) | 5 (5.6%) | 8 (10.3%) | 20 (10.0%) |
| Compulsory | 6 (60.0%) | 13 (56.5%) | 76 (85.4%) | 54 (69.2%) | 149 (74.5%) | |
| Remunerated | 0 | 2 (8.7%) | 2 (2.2%) | 1 (1.3%) | 5 (2.5%) | |
| Health care worker’s role | Preventing ADRs | 9 (90.0%) | 22 (95.7%) | 83 (93.3%) | 71 (91.0%) | 185 (92.5%) |
| Detecting ADRs | 10 (100%) | 23 (100%) | 85 (95.5%) | 64 (82.1%) | 182 (91.0%) | |
| Managing ADRs | 10 (100%) | 23 (100%) | 85 (95.5%) | 63 (80.8%) | 181 (90.5%) | |
| Reporting ADRs | 10 (100%) | 22 (95.7%) | 88 (98.9%) | 75 (96.2%) | 195 (97.5%) | |
| The importance of pharmacovigilance in everyday work | Very important | 5 (50.0%) | 13 (56.5%) | 57 (64.0%) | 51 (65.4%) | 126 (63.0%) |
| Important | 5 (50.0%) | 7 (30.4%) | 21 (23.6%) | 20 (25.6%) | 53 (26.5%) | |
| Slightly important | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Not important at all | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mean and median (%) attitude score on ADRs per health care professional category | ||||||
| Mean % (standard deviation) | 73.9 (18.5) | 66.7 (15.5) | 68.3 (17.8) | 55.2 (16.9) | 63.3* (18.3) | |
| Median % (quartile 1–quartile 3) | 77.8 (66.7–83.3) | 66.7 (61.1–83.3) | 72.2 (55.6–83.3) | 50.0 (44.4–66.7) | 63.9 (50.0–77.8) | |
*95% CI 60.7–65.83