Müberra Devrim Güner|Perihan Elif Ekmekçi
Healthcare professionals’ pharmacovigilance knowledge and adverse drug reaction reporting behavior and factors determining the reporting rates
TOBB University of Economics and Technology|TOBB University of Economics and Technology
background spontaneous adverse drug reaction adr reports prepared healthcare professionals hcps backbone collecting postmarketing safety data however underreporting global problem creating health economic ethical burden objectives determine factors limiting adr reporting rates hcps point view methods questionnaire containing 43 questions evaluating sociodemographic characteristics pharmacovigilance knowledge activities prescription behaviors prepared surveymonkeycom link distributed mainly professional organizations results although survey aimed reach hcps respondents physicians nurses 259 696 participants encountered adr least 105 405 reported adr term pharmacovigilance heard first time survey 355 n 132 participants 347 n 129 participants knew find adr reporting form 255 n 95 previously filled form andor read 285 n 106 participants aware adr reporting monitoring system institutions related professionals almost participants agreed pharmacovigilance adr reporting training necessary conclusion main reason underreporting limited pharmacovigilance knowledge hcps training activities based needs preferences hcps close followup authorities main steps improve pharmacovigilance activities