Study on knowledge, attitude and awareness of pharmacovigilance among medical students at a tertiary care hospital.

Dr. B.Sharmila; Dr. B.Bhuvaneswari

Volume : VII, Issue : IX, September - 2017

Study on knowledge, attitude and awareness of pharmacovigilance among medical students at a tertiary care hospital.

Dr. B. Sharmila, Dr. B. Bhuvaneswari

Abstract :

Pharmacovigilance awareness is essential among medical students to prevent adverse reaction related hospitalization. Hence the aim of this study is to assess the knowledge, attitude and awareness of pharmacovigilance among medical students at a tertiary care hospital.

This questionnaire based study was conducted simultaneously for second, third and fourth year MBBS students and CRRIs. Consenting participants anonymously completed the questionnaire in the classroom in 45 minutes. The questionnaires were collected and analyzed using chi square test and descriptive statistics. The average knowledge of Pharmacovigilance was 65.49% and average awareness was 71.76%. CRRIs and IV years had better knowledge, awareness and more positive attitude of ADR reporting and pharmacovigilance compared to the II years and III years probably due to clinical exposure to ADRs. This study demonstrated that knowledge and attitude towards pharmacovigilance is adequate among healthcare professionals and practice of ADR reporting is catching up