Pharmacovigilance practice among pediatric neurologists from Poland and Germany.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To compare the pediatric neurologists' knowledge, practice, and barriers to the pharmacovigilance (PV) process in Poland and Germany.

Methods

The research tool was an online anonymous questionnaire on Google Forms e-mailed to pediatric neurologists from Poland and Germany.

Results

The questionnaires were handed out to 830 pediatric neurologists and 371 expressed their consent to participate in the study. Most of the neurologists were familiar with the definition of PV and adverse drug reactions (ADRs). Only 34.10% of pediatric neurologists from Poland, and 38.88% from Germany believe that many ADRs are preventable and almost most of them believe it is necessary to report ADRs from children with epilepsy. Unfortunately, in opposite to this knowledge, only 37

SUBMITTER: Kopciuch D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10394771 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature