February 2022 Vol. 10 No.2

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Original Research Article

Knowledge and Attitude of Nursing Students towards Pharmacovigilance and Adverse Drug Reactions

Sheeza Maqsood¹, Muhammad Afzal², Dr. Kabir Ozigi Abdullahi³ and Syed Amir Gilani⁴

¹BS Nursing, Lahore School of Nursing, The University of Lahore, PO box 54000, Lahore, Pakistan
²Assistant Professor, Lahore School of Nursing, the University of Lahore, PO box 54000, Lahore, Pakistan
³Associate Professor, Lahore School of Nursing, the University of Lahore,
PO box 54000, Lahore, Pakistan
⁴Professor, FAHS the University of Lahore, PO box 54000, Lahore, Pakistan.

*Corresponding Author's E-mail: sheezamaqsood142@gmail.com
Mobile Phone: +923041135142
 
Received: 21 January 2022  I  Accepted: 23 February 2022  I  Published: 25 February 2022  I  Article ID: MRJMMS22007
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Abstract

Adverse drug reactions affect individuals of all ages and cause unnecessary morbidity and mortality. Pharmacovigilance is a vital component of healthcare that aims to improve patient safety. Nurses have a critical role to play in ensuring patient safety throughout medication administration. Assess the knowledge of nursing student’s towards Pharmacovigilance and adverse drug reaction. Assess the attitude of nursing student’s towards Pharmacovigilance and adverse drug reaction. A descriptive cross sectional study was used in this study. Convenient sampling was used for data collection. Sample size was 110 from the University of Lahore. Conduct and utilization of research in nursing questionnaires was used for nurse’s knowledge regarding Pharmacovigilance and Adverse Drug reaction. Data analysis was done by entering the data on SPSS software. Data analysis was done by entering the data on SPSS (statistical package for social science studies) software version 21. The findings of the study revealed that the majority of participants 11.8% (n=13) have good knowledge regarding pharmacovigilance and adverse drug reaction, 48.2% (n=53) have moderate knowledge and 40.0% (n=44) have poor knowledge. 23.6% (n=26) students have a positive attitude, 50.0% (n=55) students have a moderate attitude and 26.4% (n=29) students have a negative attitude towards Pharmacovigilance and adverse drug reaction. The result of the present study shows that nursing students who participated in this study had insufficient knowledge towards adverse drug reaction and pharmacovigilance and moderate practice level. Due to lack of knowledge there is a barrier in reporting adverse drug reactions. As a result, nursing students' understanding of pharmacovigilance and adverse drug reactions must be expanded.

Keywords: Knowledge, Attitude, Nursing students, Pharmacovigilance, Adverse Drug Reactions