Knowledge, attitude, and practice on adverse drug reaction monitoring among health-care professionals in a tertiary care hospital

Received: July 08, 2021; Accepted: January 06, 2022 ABSTRACT Background: Pharmacovigilance has constantly gained importance in the past 15 years, relating to absolute amount of adverse drug reactions (ADRs) and to the fact that several hospital admissions are due to ADRs. Knowledge Attitude Practice: ADR Monitoring; Health-care Professionals INTRODUCTION Adverse drug reaction (ADR) is a global health problem that affects people of all ages leading to significant morbidity and mortality as well as adds to healthcare costs. [3] Furthermore, a Swedish study estimated that 3.1% of deaths within the general population were attributed to ADRs.(tm) Pharmacovigilance is the science and activities relating to the detection, assessment, understanding, and prevention of adverse effects or any other drug-related problems. MATERIALS AND METHODS A cross-sectional questionnaire-based study was conducted among the health-care professionals (HCPs) which included doctors, nurses, and pharmacists after approval from the Institutional Human Ethics Committee (No: ESICMC/GLB/ IEC/06/2021) at ESIC Medical College and Hospital (ESIC MC and Hospital), Kalaburagi, Karnataka.