ASSESSMENT OF KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES AND PRACTICES OF PHARMACOVIGll..ANCE AMONG HEALTH CARE PRACTITIONERS AT KAMPALA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL

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Abstract

Introduction:

Pharmacovigilance encompasses all the scientific methods and reports that deal with detecting,

assessing, monitoring, understanding and prevention of adverse drugs reactions. Reporting

ADRs is one way of ensuring drugs safety of the drugs already on the market. Through these

reports, new safety parameters and improvements of various medicines can be done and

implemented. Monitoring medicines provides a better understanding of possible drugs effects.

Also helps get information about medicines that may not have been detected during clinical

trials. Adverse drugs reaction results in morbidity, mortality and increases hospital admission

which affects the economy and health care systems. Health care professionals should consider

ADR reporting as their professional duties to protect patients from adverse effects of

mgdications.

Objective:

The purpose of this study was to assess the knowledge, attitudes and practices of

pharmacovigilance among health care practitioners at Kampala international university teaching

hospital (KlUTH).

Method:

The study design was a prospective cross sectional study which involved the use of questionnaire

to collect data. Collected data was gather and entered into excel spread, transfer into SPSS for

analysis.

Result and Discussion

Health professionals' attitude towards adverse drug reaction reporting

Nurses' attitudes on ADR reporting with 66(82.5%) saying all drugs in the market are safe for

use and 14(17.5) said no, 69(86.3%) said ADR reporting is for all health professionals, while

11(13.7) said no, 80(100%) said ADR reporting benefits patients, 70(87.5%) ADR training is

necessary while 10(12.5%) said no, 35(43.75%) said ADR reporting is professional duty, while

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