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Volume 4 Issue 6 (November - December, 2016)

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KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE AND PRACTICE OF INTERNS REGARDING PHARMACOVIGILANCE IN A TERTIARY HOSPITAL OF MADHYA PRADESH
Prashant Wadagbalkar, Vikalp Tiwari , Swati Raipurkar

Background: One of the global problems encountered these days affecting majority of both children and adults causing both morbidity and mortality and which are also a major impact on public health are Adverse drug reactions (ADRs) are global problems and affects majority both children and adults causing both morbidity and mortality and also a major impact on public health. Hence; we planned this study to assess the knowledge, attitude and practice of interns regarding pharmacovigilance in a hospital of Madhya Pradesh. Material & methods: The present study was conducted in the tertiary hospital of Madhya Pradesh and included assessment of knowledge, attitude and practice of interns regarding pharmacovigilance in a hospital of Madhya Pradesh. The questionnaire was made to evaluate the Knowledge Attitude Practice (KAP) of pharmacovigilance among the interns. The questionnaires were distributed among the interns to fill up the answers and 30 min of time duration was given for fill up the answer.  All the results were analyzed by SPSSs software. Results: The KAP questionnaire consisted of total 23 questions. Out of which 10 related with knowledge, 8 related with attitude and 5 related with practice of pharmacovigilance. Correct definition of Pharmacovigilance was given by 35.8 percent of the interns while exact purpose of Pharmacovigilance was known to 45.2 percent of the interns. 54.2 percent of the interns knew that detailed teaching of the pharmacovigilance to health professionals is necessary. 51.2 percent of the subjects encountered adverse drug reaction in the patients during internship training programme. Conclusion: Inadequate knowledge among interns regarding pharmacovigilance.
strong>Key words: Drug reactions, Pharmacovigilance

Corresponding Author: Dr. Vikalp Tiwari, Assitant Professor.Department of Pharmacology,MGM Medical College, MYH, Indore, India vikalp.tiwari.mgm@gmail.com

This article may be cited as: Wadagbalkar P, Tiwari V, Raipurkar S. Knowledge, attitude and practice of interns regarding pharmacovigilance in a tertiary hospital of Madhya Pradesh. J Adv Med Dent Scie Res 2016;4(6):216-219.

 
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