Use of a Patient-Friendly Terms List in the Adverse Drug Reaction Report Form: A Database Study.

ABSTRACT: INTRODUCTION:When reporting adverse drug reactions to pharmacovigilance centres, patients and consumers can describe adverse drug reactions experienced in free-text format. Recently, a patient-friendly adverse drug reaction terms list was introduced in the adverse drug reaction report form in the UK to facilitate this reporting. OBJECTIVE:The objective of this study was to evaluate the actual use of the patient-friendly terms list in the adverse drug reaction report form and its association with the type of adverse drug reactions reported. METHODS:We conducted a database study in which we reviewed the list's use for all reported adverse drug reactions by patients and consumers to the pharmacovigilance centre in the UK via the online report form between August and September 2017. Descriptiv

SUBMITTER: de Vries ST 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6581931 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature