Table 2 Final-year pharmacy students’ knowledge concerning ADRs reporting in Nigeria (N = 342)
Survey items | Respondents who got the correct |
|---|---|
Answers to survey questions (items) | |
No. (%) | |
1. What do you understand by the term adverse drug reactions? | 168 (49.1) |
2. What is pharmacovigilance? | 173 (50.6) |
3. Which types of ADR should be documented? | 118 (34.5) |
4. What type of ADR reporting system do we have in Nigeria? | 143 (41.8) |
5. All ADRs should be reported | 174 (50.9) |
6. There are no guidelines for reporting ADRs in Nigeria | 167 (48.8) |
7. What types of ADRs do you know? | 147 (43.0) |
8. ADRs caused by herbal medicines are neither documented nor reported | 176 (51.5) |
9. All ADRs are known before a drug is marketed | 21 (6.1) |
10. Which organization should case of ADRs be reported to in Nigeria? | 165 (48.2) |