Pharmacovigilance and Adverse Drug Reactions reporting:. Knowledge, attitude and practice among healthcare professionals in Al-Qassim hospitals

      Аннотация: Adverse drug reactions (ADRs) are considered one of the major factors causes mortality and morbidity. The main purpose of Pharmacovigilance (PV) is to identify the drug safety. The aims of this study are to evaluate the health care professional’s knowledge, Attitude and Practice (KAP) toward PV and ADRs reporting and to determine the factors that may encourage and discourage health care professionals to report ADRs in Al-Qassim hospitals in Saudi Arabia. All healthcare providers have roles to play in maintaining a balance between a medicine’s benefits and risks. Once a drug is available to the public, making a determination about its safety is the shared responsibility of all who are part of the prescribing process

Ключевые слова: Adverse Drug Reactions, health care professionals, pharmacovigilance