A STUDY ON THE AWARENESS AND ATTITUDE TOWARDS PHARMACOVIGILANCE AND ADVERSE DRUG REACTION REPORTING AMONG NURSING STUDENTS IN A PRIVATE UNIVERSITY, MALAYSIA
Keywords:
Knowledge, Attitude, Nursing students, Adverse drug reactions, Reporting, PharmacovigilanceAbstract
Objective: This study was conducted to evaluate the knowledge and attitude towards pharmacovigilance and adverse drug reactions reporting among the nursing students in a private university, Malaysia.
Methods: The survey was carried out using a pre-validated questionnaire that included demographics details and 29 survey items to evaluate the participant's knowledge and perception on adverse drug reactions and pharmacovigilance. The questionnaire was distributed to the participants (n=32) pre-final and final year nursing students after their informed consent.
Results: The study results found that, there was no significant difference noticed between the mean knowledge score on ADRs reporting and pharmacovigilance of pre-final year and final year students (p>0.05). The overall mean score on knowledge was found to be 12.31. The study also observed that mean score on attitude in pre-final year and final year students were 13.24 and 16.00 respectively. There was no significant difference observed between the mean score on the perception of pre-final year and final year students (p>0.05). The overall mean score for perception on ADRs reporting and pharmacovigilance was found to be 15.06.
Conclusion: The results show that nursing students who participated in the study were only moderately aware of pharmacovigilance and adverse drug reaction reporting. However, they had expressed the positive attitude towards pharmacovigilance and ADRs reporting. As future health care professionals, they are expected to have sound knowledge and positive attitude towards pharmacovigilance activities. Their knowledge and attitude would exert a strong influence on ADRs reporting.
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