Effectiveness of the modified TaWai mobile application for reporting adverse drug reaction in Lao PDR: a cluster randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT: Spontaneous adverse drug reactions (ADRs) reporting by health care professionals (HCPs) plays a vital role in pharmacovigilance (PV). However, under-reporting remain a major challenge worldwide, especially in low and middle-income countries, including Lao PDR. This cluster-randomized controlled trial evaluated the effectiveness of the modified TaWai mobile app for ADR reporting compared with the usual practice in hospitals. Two tertiary hospitals in Lao PDR (cluster units) were randomized into two groups: the intervention group (16 HCPs), which used the modified TaWai mobile app along with an educational workshop, and the control group (18 HCPs), which followed usual practice with the same educational workshop. The intervention group reported more ADR cases (28 vs. 3), and produced a highe

SUBMITTER: Mongkhonmath N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11681246 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature