Impact of an educational intervention on pharmacovigilance knowledge and attitudes among health professionals in a Nepal cancer hospital

Autor: Sabina Sharma, Ramesh Bhasima, Sunil Shrestha, Binaya Sapkota, Puskar Kunwor, Baburam Adhikari
Rok vydání: 2020
Předmět:
Adult
Male
Education intervention
medicine.medical_specialty
Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions
Attitude of Health Personnel
education
Adverse drug reactions
Nurses
lcsh:Medicine
Cancer Care Facilities
Pharmacists
Affect (psychology)
030226 pharmacology & pharmacy
Education
Pharmacovigilance
Young Adult
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Nepal
Continuing medical education
Surveys and Questionnaires
Healthcare professionals
Intervention (counseling)
Health care
Humans
Medicine
030212 general & internal medicine
Education
Nursing
Drug safety
lcsh:LC8-6691
Medical education
lcsh:Special aspects of education
Health professionals
business.industry
lcsh:R
General Medicine
Middle Aged
Educational intervention
Test (assessment)
Cross-Sectional Studies
Education
Pharmacy
Family medicine
Female
business
Research Article
Zdroj: BMC Medical Education, Vol 20, Iss 1, Pp 1-10 (2020)
BMC Medical Education
ISSN: 1472-6920
DOI: 10.1186/s12909-020-02084-7
Popis: Background Pharmacovigilance (PV) knowledge and attitudes among health care professionals (HCPs) directly affect the practice of PV and reporting of adverse drug reactions (ADRs) in a hospital. The main aim of the study was to assess the impact of an education intervention on the knowledge and attitude of HCPs attached to the regional PV center in an oncology based hospital of Nepal. Methods A pre-post intervention questionnaire-based study was conducted amongst HCPs, i.e. nurses and pharmacists of an oncology based hospital of Nepal. A 21-item pretested PV questionnaire (twelve and four statements for assessing knowledge and attitude respectively) was used before and after an educational intervention among 89 HCPs working in the hospital. SPSS version 21.0 was used to analyze pre- and post-survey data with descriptive and inferential statistics. The knowledge and attitude scores before and after educational intervention were analyzed with Wilcoxon rank-sum test. Results After the educational intervention, the mean score for knowledge about PV and ADR increased from [mean ± S.D] 6.90 ± 2.527 (pre-test) to 11.36 ± 1.189 (post-test, p p Conclusion The preliminary findings of this study showed that knowledge and attitude scores were increased following an educational intervention. They also suggested that training on PV and ADR tends to have a positive impact on knowledge and attitude among nurses and pharmacists working at an oncology based hospital in Nepal.
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