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A study to determine the knowledge of pharmacovigilance among pharmacy students from Mumbai university

  • Background: Pharmacovigilance (PV); also known as drug safety surveillance, is the science of enhancing patient care and patient safety regarding the use of medicines by collecting, monitoring, assessing, and evaluating information from healthcare providers and patients. Pharmacists are pivotal players in adverse drug event (ADE) monitoring and reporting. However, most pharmacists are unaware or not knowledgeable about the guidelines used by their respective countries’ drug regulatory bodies. It is the need of the hour to train pharmacy students on the concept of pharmacovigilance. Methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out among pharmacy students from Mumbai University, India during May-June 2017. On the basis of the eligibility criterion 352 students were selected for the present study. Four hundred students were approached to participate in the study of which 201 agreed to participate (males: 179; females: 173). Pretested questionnaire was distributed and collected data was analyzed using IBM SPSS version 23. Results: Overall pharmacovigilance knowledge (44%) and perception (58%) was low among the participants of the present study. Seventy four percent of the participants felt that adverse drug reaction (ADR) reporting should be made compulsory for healthcare professionals. And only 21% agreed that the topic of Pharmacovigilance is well covered in pharmacy curriculum. Conclusions: Pharmacy council of India, pharmacy teacher’s association and respective pharmacy college should take necessary steps to increase the knowledge and create awareness regarding pharmacovigilance and adverse drug reaction reporting among pharmacy students.

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Author:Dnyanesh LimayeORCiDGND, Purav Shah, Akhil Shah, Ragini Pillay, Viraj Modak, Ameya Chaudhari, Arlan Sydymanov, Vaidehi Limaye, Ravi Shankar Pitani, Sushama Sathe, Gerhard FortwengelORCiDGND
URN:urn:nbn:de:bsz:960-opus4-13348
DOI:https://doi.org/10.25968/opus-1334
DOI original:https://doi.org/10.18203/2320-6012.ijrms20183243
ISSN:2320-6012
Parent Title (English):International Journal of Research in Medical Sciences
Document Type:Article
Language:English
Year of Completion:2018
Publishing Institution:Hochschule Hannover
Release Date:2019/05/27
Tag:Pharmaziestudent; Unerwünschte Arzneimittelwirkung
Adverse drug event; Adverse drug reaction; India; Knowledge; Perception; Pharmacovigilance; Pharmacy
GND Keyword:Arzneimittelnebenwirkung; Indien; Wissen; Arzneimittelüberwachung; Pharmazie
Volume:2018
Issue:6(8)
First Page:2621
Last Page:2625
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DOI des Originals: http://dx.doi.org/10.18203/2320-6012.ijrms20183243
Link to catalogue:1694681955
Institutes:Fakultät III - Medien, Information und Design
DDC classes:610 Medizin, Gesundheit
Licence (German):License LogoCreative Commons - CC BY-NC - Namensnennung - Nicht kommerziell 4.0 International