Table 2.
1028 ADR reports involving herbal medicines in the TADRRS-HM (1998–2016).
| Total numbers of ADR reports | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998–2002 | 2003–2007 | 2008–2012 | 2013–2016 | Total | |
| n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | |
| Types of reporters | |||||
| Medical personnel | 59 (85.5) | 360 (95) | 426 (99.5) | 145 (95.4) | 990 (96.3) |
| Doctors | 19 (27.5) | 121 (31.9) | 100 (23.4) | 27 (17.8) | 267 (26.0) |
| Pharmacists | 40 (58.0) | 212 (55.9) | 279 (65.2) | 90 (59.2) | 621 (60.4) |
| Nursing staff | 0 (0) | 2 (0.5) | 1 (0.2) | 0 (0) | 3 (0.3) |
| Others# | 0 (0) | 25 (6.6) | 46 (10.7) | 28 (19.3) | 99 (10.0) |
| Researchers | 5 (7.3) | 11 (2.9) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 16 (1.6) |
| Laypersons* | 0 (0) | 2 (0.5) | 2 (0.5) | 5 (3.3) | 9 (0.9) |
| Missing data** | 5 (7.3) | 6 (1.6) | 0 (0) | 2 (1.3) | 13 (1.3) |
| Total | 69 (100) | 379 (100) | 428 (100) | 152 (100) | 1028 (100) |
| Origins of reports | |||||
| North District | 36 (52.2) | 263 (69.4) | 145 (33.9) | 49 (32.2) | 493 (48.0) |
| Central District | 2 (2.9) | 9 (2.4) | 97 (22.7) | 68 (44.8) | 176 (17.1) |
| South District | 22 (31.9) | 54 (14.3) | 45 (10.5) | 15 (9.9) | 136 (13.2) |
| Eastern District | 9 (13.0) | 47 (12.4) | 117 (27.3) | 12 (7.9) | 185 (18.0) |
| Missing data | 0 (0) | 6 (1.6) | 24 (5.6) | 8 (5.3) | 38 (3.7) |
| Total | 69 (100) | 379 (100) | 428 (100) | 152 (100) | 1028 (100) |
TADRRS-HM Taiwan Adverse Drug Reaction Reporting System for Herbal Medicine.
*Patients and caregivers.
**Missing data refer to ADR records that were incompletely filled.
#ADR records were filled by medical personnel, without attribution of the person’s professional status.