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Public awareness in Wales of the UK Yellow Card scheme for reporting suspected adverse drug reactions
- Source :
- British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology. 87:3344-3348
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- Wiley, 2021.
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Abstract
- We used the HealthWise Wales (HWW) platform to explore public knowledge about the UK Yellow Card scheme (YCS), the spontaneous reporting scheme for suspected adverse drug reactions (ADRs) and whether a short information video could improve awareness. Members of the public in Wales (n= 1,606) completed a questionnaire about the YCS, watched the information video and then completed a follow‐up questionnaire.\ud \ud Almost half (46.5%) of respondents said they had previously experienced an ADR (over 90% of the ADRs involving prescribed medicines). Before the video, 18% of respondents knew how to report an ADR via the YCS and of these, 34% were from allied‐health professions. Immediately after watching it, 71% participants reported knowing how to report and 82% reported being confident to report. If this awareness were maintained, such an approach could contribute to improved reporting of suspected ADRs by the public.
- Subjects :
- Pharmacology
medicine.medical_specialty
Wales
Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions
business.industry
030226 pharmacology & pharmacy
United Kingdom
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Public knowledge
Surveys and Questionnaires
Spontaneous reporting
Family medicine
Adverse Drug Reaction Reporting Systems
Humans
Medicine
Pharmacology (medical)
030212 general & internal medicine
Drug reaction
business
Yellow Card Scheme
Public awareness
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 13652125 and 03065251
- Volume :
- 87
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....942080a737784459a1165ed5b5f3246e