ASSESSMENT OF KNOWLEDGE ATTITUDE PRACTICE ON PHARMACOVIGILANCE AND ADR REPORTING AMONG MEDICAL INTERNS IN TERTIARY CARE TEACHING HOSPITAL
Sowmya Nadendla*, Sneha Gangisetty, Prem kumar Goka, Nallani Venkata RamaRao, Rama Rao Nadendla.
ABSTRACT
Background and Objective: The field of Patients‟ drug safety has been receiving a great deal of attention, since
adverse drug reactions are recognized as hazards of drug therapy. The purpose of the study was to assess the
knowledge, Attitude, Practice of Pharmacovigilance (KAP) & ADR reporting among medical interns and to
evaluate the impact of an educational intervention. Materials and Methods: A suitable validated Knowledge,
Attitude, Practice (KAP) questionnaire based survey was conducted among medical interns & the impact of
effectiveness of educational intervention was evaluated by using Chi square test & Fischer exact test in graph pad
prism version (5.04). Results: A total 110 medical interns were involved in Pre KAP and Post KAP survey
questionnaire. The overall response rates between pre intervention and post intervention was statistically
significant for medical interns (P value < 0.0001) shows the effectiveness of intervention for improving the
awareness among the medical interns. Conclusion: Imparting the knowledge and awareness of pharmacovigilance
among healthcare professionals by means of continuous educational intervention would bring update knowledge
of practice for drug safety.
Keywords: Pharmacovigilance, KAP questionnaire, educational intervention, medical interns.
[Full Text Article]
[Download Certificate]
Impact Factor : 8.181 
