Adverse drug reactions reporting: knowledge and opinion of general public in Penang, Malaysia

Objective: The objective of this study was to explore the knowledge of the general population towards ADR and their reporting system. Methods: An anonymous, self-administered questionnaire (15 items) was designed. The questionnaire was subjected to face validity and content validity. The reliability...

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Main Authors:	Elkalmi, Ramadan Mohamed Mahmod, Hassali, Mohamed Azmi, Al-lela, Omer Qutaiba, Awadh, Ammar Ihsan Jawad, Al-Shami, Abdul Kareem, Jamshed, Shazia Qasim
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Published:	Canadian Society for Pharmaceutical Sciences 2013
Subjects:	RS Pharmacy and materia medica
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spelling	iium-356772017-06-19T07:08:10Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/35677/ Adverse drug reactions reporting: knowledge and opinion of general public in Penang, Malaysia Elkalmi, Ramadan Mohamed Mahmod Hassali, Mohamed Azmi Al-lela, Omer Qutaiba Awadh, Ammar Ihsan Jawad Al-Shami, Abdul Kareem Jamshed, Shazia Qasim RS Pharmacy and materia medica Objective: The objective of this study was to explore the knowledge of the general population towards ADR and their reporting system. Methods: An anonymous, self-administered questionnaire (15 items) was designed. The questionnaire was subjected to face validity and content validity. The reliability coefficient was found to be 0.71. This study recruited proportionately large convenience sample of the general public in Penang. Interviews using a structured questionnaire were conducted over a week period in August 2009. The recommended sample size was calculated to be 368. Results: Three hundred thirty-four responses were received. Slightly more than half of the respondents were in the age group of 18-25 years (53.6%; n = 179). When asked about the sources of their medication majority of them reported medical doctor (85.6%), whereas small number (34.7%) reported community pharmacists as sources of medications. Three-quarter of the respondents (77.2%) get their information about the side-effects of drugs from physicians, followed by pharmacist (44.6%). More than half of the respondents (65.6%, n = 219) reported unawareness about the existence of ADR center set up by the Ministry of Health. Conclusion: Respondents reflected inadequate knowledge on ADR reporting. This needs to be corrected as the trend of future pharmacovigilance is toward the patient. Moreover, the new trend seems to be more appropriate as the patient is the group of the people who are directly affected from the ADR of a particular drug and not the health-care providers. Furthermore, the patient will be informed about the economic implications of not reporting ADR. It is recommended that government agencies, like MADRAC needs to find ways to increase patient- reported ADR cases. Keywords: Adverse drug reactions, general public, Malaysia, perception Canadian Society for Pharmaceutical Sciences 2013 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/35677/1/adverse.pdf Elkalmi, Ramadan Mohamed Mahmod and Hassali, Mohamed Azmi and Al-lela, Omer Qutaiba and Awadh, Ammar Ihsan Jawad and Al-Shami, Abdul Kareem and Jamshed, Shazia Qasim (2013) Adverse drug reactions reporting: knowledge and opinion of general public in Penang, Malaysia. Journal of Pharmacy & BioAllied Sciences, 5 (3). pp. 224-228. ISSN 0976-4879 http://www.jpbsonline.org/article.asp?issn=0975-7406;year=2013;volume=5;issue=3;spage=224;epage=228;aulast=Elkalmi;type=0 10.4103/0975-7406.116824
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spellingShingle	RS Pharmacy and materia medica Elkalmi, Ramadan Mohamed Mahmod Hassali, Mohamed Azmi Al-lela, Omer Qutaiba Awadh, Ammar Ihsan Jawad Al-Shami, Abdul Kareem Jamshed, Shazia Qasim Adverse drug reactions reporting: knowledge and opinion of general public in Penang, Malaysia
description	Objective: The objective of this study was to explore the knowledge of the general population towards ADR and their reporting system. Methods: An anonymous, self-administered questionnaire (15 items) was designed. The questionnaire was subjected to face validity and content validity. The reliability coefficient was found to be 0.71. This study recruited proportionately large convenience sample of the general public in Penang. Interviews using a structured questionnaire were conducted over a week period in August 2009. The recommended sample size was calculated to be 368. Results: Three hundred thirty-four responses were received. Slightly more than half of the respondents were in the age group of 18-25 years (53.6%; n = 179). When asked about the sources of their medication majority of them reported medical doctor (85.6%), whereas small number (34.7%) reported community pharmacists as sources of medications. Three-quarter of the respondents (77.2%) get their information about the side-effects of drugs from physicians, followed by pharmacist (44.6%). More than half of the respondents (65.6%, n = 219) reported unawareness about the existence of ADR center set up by the Ministry of Health. Conclusion: Respondents reflected inadequate knowledge on ADR reporting. This needs to be corrected as the trend of future pharmacovigilance is toward the patient. Moreover, the new trend seems to be more appropriate as the patient is the group of the people who are directly affected from the ADR of a particular drug and not the health-care providers. Furthermore, the patient will be informed about the economic implications of not reporting ADR. It is recommended that government agencies, like MADRAC needs to find ways to increase patient- reported ADR cases. Keywords: Adverse drug reactions, general public, Malaysia, perception
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author	Elkalmi, Ramadan Mohamed Mahmod Hassali, Mohamed Azmi Al-lela, Omer Qutaiba Awadh, Ammar Ihsan Jawad Al-Shami, Abdul Kareem Jamshed, Shazia Qasim
author_facet	Elkalmi, Ramadan Mohamed Mahmod Hassali, Mohamed Azmi Al-lela, Omer Qutaiba Awadh, Ammar Ihsan Jawad Al-Shami, Abdul Kareem Jamshed, Shazia Qasim
author_sort	Elkalmi, Ramadan Mohamed Mahmod
title	Adverse drug reactions reporting: knowledge and opinion of general public in Penang, Malaysia
title_short	Adverse drug reactions reporting: knowledge and opinion of general public in Penang, Malaysia
title_full	Adverse drug reactions reporting: knowledge and opinion of general public in Penang, Malaysia
title_fullStr	Adverse drug reactions reporting: knowledge and opinion of general public in Penang, Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed	Adverse drug reactions reporting: knowledge and opinion of general public in Penang, Malaysia
title_sort	adverse drug reactions reporting: knowledge and opinion of general public in penang, malaysia
publisher	Canadian Society for Pharmaceutical Sciences
publishDate	2013
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/35677/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/35677/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/35677/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/35677/1/adverse.pdf
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Adverse drug reactions reporting: knowledge and opinion of general public in Penang, Malaysia

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