Exploring the community pharmacist's knowledge, attitude, and practices regarding adverse drug reactions and its reporting in the United Arab Emirates: a survey-based cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Adverse drug reactions (ADRs) contribute significant clinical and economic burden to the country's healthcare system globally. Prompt reporting of ADRs by the community pharmacist is essential to the active pharmacovigilance program.

Objectives

This study assesses private community pharmacists' knowledge, attitude, and practice (KAP) about ADRs and reporting.

Design

A cross-sectional, qualitative study was performed using a pre-validated self-administered questionnaire.

Methods

This self-administered questionnaire was conducted at community pharmacies between March and July 2022. The data collected were analyzed using the Mann-Whitney and Kruskal-Wallis tests to examine the differences in overall KAP scores with a subgroup of sociodemographic charact

SUBMITTER: Shareef J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11459486 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature