Enhancing medication risk communication in developing countries: a cross-sectional survey among doctors and pharmacists in Malaysia.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Medication risk communication is essential to ensure the safe use of medicines. However, very few nations worldwide have established effective risk communication systems. To date, the effectiveness of risk communication among healthcare professionals in Malaysia has never been evaluated. Our study aimed to (i) evaluate doctors' and pharmacists' awareness of regulatory risk communication methods; (ii) identify factors predicting the usefulness of these methods; and (iii) compare respondents' preferences for risk communication to outline suggestions for enhancement.

Methods

We conducted a nationwide cross-sectional survey covering four commonly used risk communications, namely a national drug bulletin, safety alerts, Direct Healthcare Professional Communication lett

SUBMITTER: Panickar R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9253255 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature