Assessment of knowledge, attitudes, perception and barriers towards pharmacovigilance activities among community pharmacists and final year pharmacy students in Malaysia
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Date
2010-10
Authors
Ramadan Mohamed Mahmod Elkalmi
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Universiti Sains Malaysia.
Abstract
Adverse Drug Reactions (ADRs) are associated with a high rate of morbidity and
mortality worldwide. In order to overcome this problem, many countries around the
world have established national pharmacovigilance systems. Most of the
phannacovigilance system nowadays depends largely on ADR Spontaneous Reporting
System (SRS) by healthcare professional such as physicians and pharmacists.
Within this context, Malaysia established its pharmacovigilance system in 1987.
The Malaysian Adverse Drug Reaction Advisory Committee (MADRAC) was
established under the umbrella of Drug Control Authority (DCA) for documenting SRS
reports received from healthcare professionals. As with most of the spontaneous ADRs
reporting system worldwide, the Malaysian SRS has also been affected by underreporting
of ADRs especially by the community pharmacists.
Data from MADRAC shows that the ADRs reporting rate by community
pharmacists is low compared to their counterparts in the other countries. Furthermore,
there are no comprehensive studies conducted to explore the reasons behind under
reporting of ADRs among community pharmacists in Malaysia.
This thesis aims to explore the knowledge, attitude and perception held by
community pharmacists regarding ADR reporting.
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Pharmacoepidemiology , Drugs -Side effects , Assessment of knowledge