|
|
Research Article
Knowledge, Attitude
and Practice of Adverse Drug Reaction Reporting among
Healthcare Workers in a Tertiary Centre in Northern
Nigeria
Joseph O Fadare1*,
Okezie O Enwere2, AO Afolabi3, BAZ
Chedi4 and A Musa4
1Department
of Medicine, Kogi State Specialist Hospital, Lokoja,
\
2Department
of Medicine, Evans Enwerem University, Owerri and Imo
State University Teaching Hospital, Orlu,
3Department
of Surgery, Kogi State Specialist Hospital, Lokoja,
4Department
of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Bayero University,
Kano, Nigeria
For correspondence:
E-mail:
jofadare@gmail.com
Received: 24 August
2010 Revised
accepted: 22 April 2011
Tropical
Journal of Pharmaceutical Research, June 2011;
10(3):
235-242
doi:
10.4314/tjpr.v10i3.4
Abstract
Purpose:
To determine the
knowledge, attitude and practice of ADR monitoring and
reporting among healthcare workers in a teaching
hospital in Kano, Nigeria
Methods:
The study was
cross-sectional and questionnaire-based involving mainly
medical doctors, nurses and pharmacists working in
different departments of the Aminu Kano Teaching
Hospital hospital. A total of 110 questionnaires were
distributed to the respondents (60 doctors, 40 nurses,
10 pharmacists). The completion of the questionnaire by
respondents was taken as their consent to participate in
the study.
Results:
Only 65 respondents
filled and returned the questionnaire within the
stipulated time frame giving a response rate of about
59.1 %. The standard yellow reporting form for adverse
drug reactions was only known to 35.9 % of the
participating health care workers. Only 42.7 % of the
respondents had ever reported an adverse drug reaction
and the report was verbal in over 75 % of cases.
Ignorance of the rules and procedures of reporting,
lack of knowledge of the forms for reporting and which
ADRs to report were some of the factors responsible for
non-reporting of adverse drug reactions among
respondents in the study
Conclusion:
Adverse drug
reaction reporting using the yellow card reporting
scheme is low among health care workers (doctors, nurses
and pharmacists) in Kano, Nigeria. There is a need for
regular training and re-enforcement of guidelines for
ADR reporting among health care personnel. The inclusion
of nurses in pharmacovigilance will go a long way in
improving reporting of ADRs.
Keywords:
Adverse drug reactions; Knowledge, attitude and
practice; Health care workers; Yellow card reporting
scheme |
