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Table 4. Association of Years of Experience With Knowledge of ADR Reporting Among Health Care Professionals at HFSUH, Harar,
Eastern Ethiopia, From February to March 2015.
Years of experience
Variables
0-4
140 (%)
5-9
109 (%)
10-14
26 (%)
15-19
13 (%)
Do you think that ADR is the same with side effect?
Yes
45 (32)
36 (33)
12 (46)
5
No
95 (67.9)
73 (67)
14 (54)
8 (61.5)
Do you know pharmacovigilance?
Yes
44 (31.4)
33 (30.3)
5
3
No
96 (68.6
76 (69.7)
21 (80.7) 10 (76.9)
Do you know national ADR reporting system?
Yes
67 (47.9)
73 (67)
22 (84.6)
9 (69.2)
No
73 (52.1)
36 (33)
4
4
How are ADRs reported?
Those who know any
63 (45)
39 (35.8)
6 (23.1)
1
method(s) of reporting (by
telephone, post, and e-mail)
Those who do not know any 77 (55)
70 (64.2)
20 (76.9) 12 (92.3)
methods of ADR reporting
Do you know availability of ADR reporting form?
Yes
72 (51.4)
78 (71.6)
22 (84.6)
7 (53.8)
No
68 (48.6)
31 (28.4)
4
6 (46.2)
Do you think that ADRs are well documented at the time a drug is marketed?
Yes
64 (45.7)
64 (58.7)
14 (53.8)
7 (53.8)
No
76 (54.3)
45 (41.3)
12 (46.2)
6 (46.2)
20-29
6 (%)
30-40
1 (%)
Total
295 (%)
Pearson
chi-square
P value
1
5
-
1
99 (33.6)
196 (66.4)
3.403
.638
1
5
1
-
87 (29.5)
208 (70.5)
4.724
.450
3
3
1
-
175 (59.3)
120 (40.7)
18.593
.002
4
-
113 (38.3)
13.319
.021
2
1
182 (61.7)
1
5
1
-
181 (61.4)
114 (38.6)
22.531
.000
2
4
1
0
152 (51.5)
143 (48.5)
5.969
.309
Note. Association is done using Pearson chi-square, P < .05 considered to be statistically significant. HFSUH = Hiwot Fana Specialized University Hospital;
ADR = adverse drug reaction.
Regarding the knowledge to distinguish ADR from side
effects, only 33.6% of respondents provided a positive
response, whereas about 66.4% of them failed to do so. This
finding is higher than other study conducted in Addis Ababa,
the capital city of Ethiopia.13 However, it is not concordant
with the finding reported from Adama Hospital Medical
College in which majority of the respondents were able to
differentiate ADR from side effects.17 Probably, this might
indicate low knowledge of health care professionals on ADR
which is related to poor attention and awareness creation
about ADR and its consequences in the hospital. Nevertheless,
pharmacists reported that they had better knowledge about
the difference between ADR and side effects. This could be
emanated from the fact that pharmacists have more access to
information related to ADR as they are frequently dealing
with drugs, than nurses and physicians, which enable them to
better distinguish ADR from side effects. This finding is in
line with the results reported from the study conducted in
West Ethiopia at Nekemte Hospital.18
The study also indicated 59.3% of the respondents were
clear with the national ADR reporting system, in which
80.95% (P < .05) of pharmacists and 84.1% (P < .05) of physicians were significantly reported. This could in fact indicate pharmacists and physicians have relatively adequate
information about ADR and its reporting system. Besides to
this, the study showed that 61.36% of the participants reportedly knew the availability of ADR reporting form in Ethiopia
in which about 52.6% of nurses reported to have awareness
about its presence. This finding is comparable with the
results reported from the study conducted in West Ethiopia at
Nekemte Hospital.18 However, it was higher than a study
conducted in India.19 On the other hand, our findings demonstrated that about 38.64% of the study participants had no
awareness about the availability of national ADR reporting
form or yellow card and 40.7% of the respondents were also
not clear with the ADR reporting system in the country. This
finding is closely related to the study conducted in West
Ethiopia at Nekemte Hospital.18 Furthermore, this study
showed that only health care professionals between 10 and
14 years of experience adequately (P < .05) reported their
awareness about the national ADR reporting system.
However, the availability of ADR reporting system in the
country was significantly reported by those with 5 to 9 (P <
.05) and 10 to 14 (P < .05) years of experience. These gaps
among health care professionals could probably be related to
the absence of in-service training or orientation which enable
them to acquire and consolidate their knowledge about the
ADR reporting system throughout the period of their clinical
service. This finding is not in line with the study conducted
in Spain which stated that the tendency to report ADR
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