Gurmesa Lense Temesgen, Dedefo Mohammed Gebre
Nekemte Health Center, Oromia, Ethiopia.
Department of Pharmacy, Wollega University, Oromia, Ethiopia.
Biomed Res Int. 2016;2016:5728462. doi: 10.1155/2016/5728462. Epub 2016 Nov 30.
. Adverse drug reactions are global problems of major concern. Adverse drug reaction reporting helps the drug monitoring system to detect the unwanted effects of those drugs which are already in the market. . To assess the knowledge, attitude, and practice of health care professionals working in Nekemte town towards adverse drug reaction reporting. . A cross-sectional study design was conducted on a total of 133 health care professionals by interview to assess their knowledge, attitude, and practice using structured questionnaire. . Of the total respondents, only 64 (48.2%), 56 (42.1%), and 13 (9.8%) health care professionals have correctly answered the knowledge, attitude, and practice assessment questions, respectively. Lack of awareness and knowledge on what, when, and to whom to report adverse drug reactions and lack of commitments of health care professionals were identified as the major discouraging factors against adverse drug reaction reporting. . This study has revealed that the knowledge, attitude, and practice of the health care professionals working in Nekemte town towards spontaneous adverse drug reaction reporting were low that we would like to recommend the concerned bodies to strive on the improvement of the knowledge, attitude, and practice status of health care professionals.
药物不良反应是备受关注的全球性问题。药物不良反应报告有助于药物监测系统发现已上市药物的不良影响。
为评估在涅克梅特镇工作的医护人员对药物不良反应报告的知识、态度和实践情况。
采用横断面研究设计,通过访谈对133名医护人员进行调查,使用结构化问卷评估他们的知识、态度和实践情况。
在所有受访者中,分别只有64名(48.2%)、56名(42.1%)和13名(9.8%)医护人员正确回答了知识、态度和实践评估问题。对报告药物不良反应的内容、时间和对象缺乏认识以及医护人员缺乏积极性被确定为阻碍药物不良反应报告的主要因素。
本研究表明,在涅克梅特镇工作的医护人员对自发药物不良反应报告的知识、态度和实践水平较低,我们建议相关机构努力改善医护人员的知识、态度和实践状况。