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Effect of educational intervention on healthcare providers knowledge and perception towards pharmacovigilance: A tertiary teaching hospital experience

Effect of educational intervention on healthcare providers knowledge and perception towards pharmacovigilance: A tertiary teaching hospital experience

Authors :
Rana Abu Farha
Khawla Abu Hammour
Mai Rizik
Rand Aljanabi
Lina Alsakran
Source :
Saudi Pharmaceutical Journal, Vol 26, Iss 5, Pp 611-616 (2018)
Publication Year :
2018
Publisher :
Elsevier, 2018.

Abstract

Objective: Based on the theory on planned behavior, perception or attitude is found to be a well-established predictor of healthcare providers’ intentions to perform different behaviors. Also, improving knowledge was proposed to affect their practice as well. In Jordan, many studies have been conducted to evaluate healthcare providers’ knowledge and perception towards pharmacovigilance but no intervention or training was provided. Thus, the aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of an educational workshop on the knowledge and perception of healthcare providers towards pharmacovigilance in a Jordanian tertiary teaching hospital. Methods: An interventional study conducted in Jordan University Hospital on various healthcare providers to assess their pre- and post-knowledge and perception towards pharmacovigilance and adverse drug reactions (ADRs) reporting via questionnaire before and after an educational workshop. Results: Among the 200 invited healthcare providers, 150 attended the educational workshop (response rate 75.0%). Pre-workshop, healthcare providers showed an overall low knowledge score (7.8/19), where only 8.7% could define pharmacovigilance correctly. On the other hand, they showed a favorable perception score (33.6/39).Following educational workshop, knowledge scores significantly improved by 67.9% (P-value

Subjects

Subjects :
Therapeutics. Pharmacology
RM1-950

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
13190164
Volume :
26
Issue :
5
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Saudi Pharmaceutical Journal
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.fd0609df82bf4c6cb8de4006b6682a9a
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsps.2018.03.002