Review Article

Nurses’ Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practice in Relation to Pharmacovigilance and Adverse Drug Reaction Reporting: A Systematic Review

Table 1

General characteristics of the included studies.

Authors, yearCountryStudy design/full-text appraisal scoreStudy settingSampling methodSample size

Abdel-Latif and Abdel-Wahab [38]Saudi ArabiaA cross-sectional questionnaire-based study/22 out of 329 hospitalsRandom sampling158
Abu Hammour et al. [40]JordanA cross-sectional questionnaire-based study/24 out of 32One hospitalConvenience sampling214
Ahmed et al. [42]PakistanA cross-sectional questionnaire-based study/17 out of 32One hospitalUnclear25
Al Rabayah et al. [41]JordanA cross-sectional questionnaire-based study/17 out of 32One cancer centerUnclear154
AlShammari and Almoslem [39]Saudi ArabiaA cross-sectional questionnaire-based study/21 out of 32Nine hospitalsRandom sampling110
Bepari et al. [28]IndiaA cross-sectional questionnaire-based study/18 out of 32One hospitalConvenience sampling64
Bogolubova et al. [32]South AfricaA cross-sectional questionnaire-based study/24 out of 32Six hospitalsPurposive sampling183
Danekhu et al. [44]NepalA descriptive, cross-sectional questionnaire-based study/26 out of 32One hospitalStratified random sampling126
Dorji et al. [46]BhutanA cross-sectional questionnaire-based study/21 out of 32Four hospitalsCensus sampling257
Ekman et al. [47]SwedenA cross-sectional questionnaire-based study/25 out of 32Nurses who are members of the Swedish Association of Health ProfessionalsRandom sampling453
Ergün et al. [35]TurkeyA cross-sectional questionnaire-based study/16 out of 32One hospitalUnclear321
Ganesan et al. [29]IndiaA cross-sectional questionnaire-based survey/18 out of 32One hospitalUnclear171
Gordhon and Padayachee [33]South AfricaA cross-sectional questionnaire-based study/23 out of 32One hospitalStratified sampling230
Güner and Ekmekci [36]TurkeyA cross-sectional questionnaire-based study/20 out of 32Online surveyConvenience sampling67
Hanafi et al. [48]IranA cross-sectional questionnaire-based study/22 out of 32One hospitalCensus sampling224
John et al. [49]United Arab EmiratesA cross-sectional questionnaire-based study/25 out of 32One hospital and one research centerCensus sampling91
Rajalakshmi et al. [30]IndiaA cross-sectional questionnaire-based study/15 out of 32One hospitalUnclear101
Santosh et al. [45]NepalA cross-sectional questionnaire-based study/18 out of 32Four hospitalsUnclear135
Shamim et al. [43]PakistanA cross-sectional questionnaire-based study/21 out of 32Five hospitals and an orthopedics and medical instituteUnclear69
Shanko and Abdela [50]EthiopiaA cross-sectional questionnaire-based study/26 out of 32One hospitalPurposive sampling230
Tandon et al. [31]IndiaA retrospective observational, prospective cross-sectional study/18 out of 32One hospitalQuota sampling100
Terblanche et al. [34]South AfricaA cross-sectional questionnaire-based study/21 out of 32One hospitalConvenience sampling77
Vural et al. [37]TurkeyA cross-sectional questionnaire-based study/20 out of 32One hospitalCensus sampling112