Knowledge of Adverse Drug Reactions Reporting among Doctors and Nurses in a Tertiary Care Hospital: A Descriptive Cross-sectional Study

INTRODUCTION: Doctors and nurses have a significant role in the detection of serious and unusual drug reactions. Effective implementation of an adverse drug reaction reporting system is required to ensure patient safety and quality care. This study's objective was to find the prevalence of good knowledge of adverse drug reaction reporting among the Doctors and nurses working in a tertiary care hospital. METHODS: A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted among doctors and nurses from 15 February 2020 to 15 July 2020 at Birat Medical College and Teaching Hospital. The convenience sampling method was used to select 192 study participants. A semi-structured questionnaire was used to know the knowledge concept of adverse drug reaction reporting. Ethical clearance was taken from IRC (PA-047/2076-77) of Birat Medical College and Teaching Hospital. Written informed consent was taken from each study participant. Collected data were entered in Microsoft Excel 2010 and analyzed by Statistical Package for the Social Sciences v23. RESULTS: In total, 192 doctors and nurses, the questionnaires were distributed to 52 (27.1%) doctors and 140 (72.9%) nurses. The mean age of study participants was 28.14 years (SD ±4.5). To know the prevalence of knowledge, 15 knowledge related questions of adverse drug reaction had asked. The majority of doctors and nurses had good knowledge about adverse drug reaction reporting, 75% and 64%, respectively. CONCLUSIONS: Overall, doctors and nurses have had good knowledge of adverse drug reaction reporting. Data shows there is still more gap in training and experience on adverse drug reaction reporting systems.