Health Care Professionals’ Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice towards Adverse Drug Reaction Reporting and Associated Factors at Selected Public Hospitals in Northeast Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study

Table 1

Health care providers’ knowledge of ADR in selected public hospitals, Northeast Ethiopia, May 2019.

Questions	Category	Frequency	Percentage
Know that all drugs in the market are not safe	Yes	100	87.72
	No	14	12.28
Know ADR is different from overdose toxicities/side effects	Yes	76	66.67
	No	38	33.33
Know the term pharmacovigilance	Yes	23	20.18
	No	91	79.82
Write the definition of pharmacovigilance	Yes	10	8.77
	No	104	91.23
Know national ADR reporting system	Yes	24	21.05
	No	90	78.95
Know availability of ADR reporting forms	Yes	26	22.81
	No	88	77.19
Know how to report	Yes	23	20.18
	No	91	79.82
Know the responsible body that monitors ADR in Ethiopia	Yes	35	30.70
	No	79	69.30
Know ADR reporting is a professional obligation	Yes	55	48.25
	No	59	51.75
The possibility of an ADR should be the first differential diagnosis at all times	Yes	25	21.93
	No	89	78.07
Who is the responsible professional to report ADR in hospitals? (yes answers are only indicated)	Medical doctors	84	73.68
	Health officers	77	67.54
	Midwives	68	59.65
	Nurses	75	65.79
	Pharmacy personnel	98	85.96
	All	67	58.77
When should ADRs be reported? (yes answers are only indicated)	Serious and life-threatening	93	81.58
	Severe and cause disability	52	45.61
	Mild and cause less inconvenience	24	21.05
What kinds of ADRs need to be reported? (yes answers are only indicated)	Suspected reactions	50	43.86
	Certain reactions	55	48.25
	Serious reaction, e.g., SJS	70	61.40
	Slight reaction, e.g., nausea	11	9.65
	Reaction to all drugs	31	27.19
	Reaction to new drugs	42	36.84
	Known reactions	20	17.54
	Unexpected reactions	49	42.98
	Drug interactions	33	28.95
	Teratogenic phenomenon	48	42.11

For this item, the correct response was considered when the study participant wrote not only the precise definition but also the general concept of pharmacovigilance. Do not know and unrelated responses were considered as incorrect.