Evaluation of knowledge, attitude, and practice of adverse drug reactions reporting among doctors and nursing staff of a rural tertiary care teaching hospital of Maharashtra

ContextThe adverse drug reactions (ADRs) are of great concern for any health care set ups as they directly or indirectly cost in terms of disability, prolongation of hospital stay, or even death. Hence, regular and timely reporting of ADR is of great importance, especially in treating doctors and nursing staff.AimsThe main aim of this study was to assess the knowledge, attitude, and practice (KAP) of ADR reporting among doctors and nurses of tertiary care teaching hospital.Settings and designThis was a prospective, cross-sectional questionnaire-based study that included 50 doctors and 50 nurses from the clinical departments of rural tertiary care teaching hospital.Patients and methodsA self-developed, prevalidated questionnaire consisting of good mixture of open-ended and close-ended questions was used to obtain data, focusing on KAP of ADR reporting. The filled questionnaires were collected from the participants.Statistical analysisThe collected data was analyzed using statistical package for the social sciences, version 22.ResultsThe results obtained were of mixed nature. But the overall KAP pertaining to ADR reporting was statistically on a higher side in the doctors' group as compared to nursing staff group.ConclusionsThe study reveals that both doctors and nursing staff are aware of ADR reporting; their attitude toward ADR reporting is right, but it is not reflected when it comes to actual reporting. The issues related to under reporting and lack of knowledge about the reporting system are clearly evident. Hence, creating an awareness on ADR reporting and sensitizing can aid in improving spontaneous reporting.