Research Article

Factors Affecting Adverse Drug Reaction Reporting of Healthcare Professionals and Their Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice towards ADR Reporting in Nekemte Town, West Ethiopia

Table 4

Practice of HCPs on ADR-reporting in Nekemte town from January 2015 to June 2015.

VariableCategoryFrequency%

Faced ADR from patient/s/Yes3627.0
No9773.0

ReportedYes1438.8
No2261.1

Number of ADR-reports done1–3 times1178.5
More than 3 times321.4

Reason not to reportI did not know1045.5
No report form940.9
No system responsible29.1
Not usual to report14.5

Types of ADRs-reportedUnexpected535.7
Serious642.7
Reaction to recently marketed214.2
All of the above17.1

Agents to whom ADRs were reportedFMHACA214.3
DTC535.7
Other responsible bodies750.0