scholarly journals Awareness about adverse drug reaction monitoring and pharmacovigilance among final year medical students in tertiary care teaching hospital in Andhra Pradesh: a cross sectional study

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 454
Author(s):  
A. P. Narasimha Rao ◽  
S. Lakshmi
Keyword(s):  
Adverse Drug Reaction ◽  
Drug Reaction ◽  
Medical Students ◽  
Andhra Pradesh ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Medical College ◽  
Considerable Morbidity ◽  
Methods Of Application

Background: Adverse drug reaction (ADR) is an unwanted, undesirable effect of a drug that occurs during clinical use. ADRs will occur daily in health care institutions and can unfavourably affect a patient's quality of life, frequently causing considerable morbidity and mortality. Pharmacovigilance is defined as the science and activities relating to the detection, assessment, understanding and prevention of adverse effects or any other drug-related problem.Methods: It was a non-interventional study was done among hundred final year medical students at Kurnool Medical College, Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh. The study instrument was a predesigned questionnaire was structured by following the precedence, which was set by parallel studies. The participants were given forty-five minutes to answer the questionnaire; the questionnaires were then analyzed by grading the respondents into three categories: poor, unsatisfactory and satisfactory.Results: This study showed satisfactory results about awareness, knowledge and methods of application of pharmacovigilance among final year medical students 55%, 47%, 54% respectively and positive correlation between awareness, knowledge and methods of application of pharmacovigilance among final year medical students significantly (<0.0001) correlated.Conclusions: The present study revealed that the final year medical students were satisfactory in awareness and knowledge and methods of application of pharmacovigilance. The correlations told that the higher the awareness, the more was the knowledge and better were the methods of application. Likewise, the knowledge and practices were significantly and positively related to a correlation.

scholarly journals A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY EVALUATING THE KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE OF UNDERGRADUATE MEDICAL STUDENTS ABOUT PHARMACOVIGILANCE AND ADVERSE DRUG REACTION REPORTING AT A MEDICAL COLLEGE IN HYDERABAD

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (7) ◽  
pp. 239
Author(s):  
Vibha Rani ◽  
Shyamala R ◽  
Simpson Gb
Keyword(s):  
Adverse Drug Reaction ◽  
Drug Reaction ◽  
Medical Students ◽  
Adverse Drug Reaction Reporting ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Undergraduate Medical Students ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Medical College ◽  
Adr Reporting ◽  
Definition Of

Objectives: Objectives of the study were (1) to evaluate the knowledge about pharmacovigilance and (2) to assess the attitude toward adverse drug reaction (ADR) reporting among undergraduate medical students.Methods: It is a cross-sectional, questionnaire-based study conducted in the Department of Pharmacology, Malla Reddy Medical College for Women, Hyderabad, Telangana, among fifth term Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery students (136). The questionnaire consisted of 16 questions dealing with knowledge, awareness, attitude about pharmacovigilance and ADR reporting. Data were analyzed and presented as percentage among respondents.Results: About 58.8% of students could not identify the proper definition of pharmacovigilance and 84.5% of undergraduates have not seen ADR form. It was agreed among 42.6% of students that ADR reporting is a professional obligation to them and 47.7% agreed that establishing ADR monitoring center in every hospital is compulsory.Conclusions: Our study revealed that though the attitude toward pharmacovigilance was appreciable among the medical students; there lies an insufficient knowledge and awareness about pharmacovigilance. Continued medical education programs and workshops may be helpful in the future to increase awareness and consequently to improve the rate of spontaneous ADR reporting among these upcoming doctors.

scholarly journals Adverse Drug Reaction Policy in a Tertiary Care Hospital

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-47
Author(s):  
V Aggarwal ◽  
Shakti Kumar Gupta ◽  
DK Sharma ◽  
S Arya ◽  
S Singh
Keyword(s):  
Adverse Drug Reaction ◽  
Drug Reaction ◽  
Tertiary Care Hospital ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Healthcare Providers ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Care Hospital ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Study Population ◽  
Personnel Paramédical

ABSTRACT Adverse drug reactions (ADRs) are a significant cause of morbidity and mortality and contribute to the incidence of adverse events, resulting in increased healthcare costs. Healthcare providers need to understand their role and responsibility in the detection, management, documentation, and reporting of ADRs. The purpose of this study is to provide guidelines regarding the procedure of reporting ADRs to hospital authority. It was a descriptive cross-sectional study carried out between April and August 2013. The study population included doctors, nursing personnel, paramedical staff and quality managers of tertiary care hospital from one public and two private hospitals. Interaction was done with study population against the back drop of the checklist and ADR policy was formulated. How to cite this article Singh S, Gupta SK, Arya S, Sharma DK, Aggarwal V. Adverse Drug Reaction Policy in a Tertiary Care Hospital. Int J Res Foundation Hosp Healthc Adm 2015; 3(1):41-47.

scholarly journals Effect of Educational Intervention on Adverse Drug Reporting by Physicians: A Cross-Sectional Study

2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Manisha Bisht ◽  
Shruti Singh ◽  
D. C. Dhasmana
Keyword(s):  
Adverse Drug Reaction ◽  
Drug Reaction ◽  
Educational Intervention ◽  
Adverse Drug Reaction Reporting ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Reporting Rate ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Reaction Reporting ◽  
Adequate Knowledge

In India, the pharmacovigilance program is still in its infancy. National Pharmacovigilance Program of India was started for facilitating the pharmacovigilance activities. The ADR reporting rate is still below satisfactory in India. This cross-sectional questionnaire based study was carried out in a tertiary care teaching hospital in Uttarakhand, which is a peripheral ADR monitoring centre to assess the level of knowledge, attitude, and the practices of pharmacovigilance among the doctors and to compare it with the group of doctors attending educational CME for improving awareness of pharmacovigilance. The most important revelation of this study was that although adequate knowledge and the right attitude about adverse drug reaction reporting were instigated in the doctors after the educational intervention, the practice was still neglectful in both groups, emphasizing the need to design the strategies to develop adverse drug reaction reporting culture.

scholarly journals Social anxiety disorder among medical students in a tertiary care hospital in Davangere, Karnataka

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 1434
Author(s):  
Madonna J. D'souza ◽  
Arun Daniel J. ◽  
Muhammed Muntazeem G.
Keyword(s):  
Anxiety Disorder ◽  
Medical Students ◽  
Social Anxiety ◽  
Social Anxiety Disorder ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Female Gender ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Care Hospital ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Medical College

Background: Social anxiety disorder is a common psychiatric illness characterized by fear of being observed and scrutinized by others. It can impair academic performance and can lead to serious withdrawal from society and depression. The objective of the study was to measure the proportion and study the associated factors of Social Anxiety Disorder among students of a tertiary medical college and hospital.Methods: This hospital-based, cross-sectional study was conducted among the 272 medical students of a Tertiary care medical college and hospital at Davangere, Karnataka from October to December 2018. The social phobia inventory (SPIN) questionnaire was used to diagnose SAD among students.Results: Social anxiety disorder (SAD) was present among 30.5% (n=83) of the medical students. The female students (31.1%, n=45) documented a higher proportion of SAD compared to male students (29.9%, n=38). There was a higher incidence among above the 20 years age group and Muslims especially girl students.Conclusions: A higher proportion of medical students had social anxiety disorder which was influenced by increasing age, female gender, Muslim religion and higher academic years of exposure till final year. 

scholarly journals Prevalence of Dunning Kruger effect in first year medical students in a tertiary care hospital

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (11) ◽  
pp. 5283
Author(s):  
Novonil Deb ◽  
Poulami Roy
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
First Year ◽  
Care Hospital ◽  
Metacognitive Skills ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Medical College ◽  
First Year Medical Students

Background: Dunning Kruger (DK) effect refers to overestimation of one’s ability which is attributed to their inadequacy of metacognitive skills i.e., the low-performing individuals are often nescient of their incompetence which leads them to reach fallacious conclusions and make regrettable choices. Objectives of the study were to assess the degree of DK effect among the first-year medical students and to compare the associated socio-economic variables.Methods:  A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted among the interested first-year medical students of North Bengal medical college and hospital from March 2021 to April 2021 using a questionnaire. Responses were recorded in Microsoft excel 2017, analysed, and presented in form of tables and charts following principles of descriptive statistics.Results: The overall prevalence of DK effect was found to be 78.38% among the first-year medical students. Higher prevalence was observed among females (80.28%) as compared to males (75%). Students having low study hours (79.13%), no academic achievements (77.5%), and greater hours of sleep (79.74%) manifested more predisposition to DK effect.Conclusions: In our research, we have noticed a higher DK effect among the first-year medical students, which might hamper the quality of treatment and patient care in the future. Proper orientation and counselling methods are required to overcome this phenomenon.

scholarly journals Blood Donation Practice among Undergraduate Students in a Tertiary Care Hospital: A Descriptive Cross-sectional Study

2020 ◽  
Vol 58 (232) ◽  
Author(s):  
Pravakar Dawadi ◽  
Sabina Khadka ◽  
Milan Chandra Khanal ◽  
Raj Kumar Thapa
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Blood Donation ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
First Year ◽  
Care Hospital ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Medical College

Introduction: Voluntary blood donation is a reliable source of increasing the demand for blood transfusion. Medical students are the potential pool of blood donors. This study aims to find the prevalence of blood donation practice among medical students of a medical college in Nepal. Methods: This is a descriptive cross-sectional study conducted in a medical college of Nepal among students studying from the first year to final year MBBS. Ethical approval was obtained from the Institutional Review Committee of the Nepalese Army Institute of Health Sciences (Ref no. 245). A stratified random sampling technique was used to collect data. A self-administered pre-tested questionnaire was used to collect data. Data were analyzed using Microsoft Excel 2016. Results: The prevalence of blood donation practice among medical students of the medical college is 41 (22.20%) (17.35-27.05 at 95% Confidence Interval). The practice of blood donation is seen more among students of the final year 15 (35.71%) and the least among first year 3 (8.57%). Most of the donors, 24 (58.54%), have donated blood only once before. The most common reasons for donating and not donating blood before are ‘behavior of altruism’ 12 (29.27%) and ‘I am not fit/disapproved’ 44 (30.56%) respectively. Conclusions: This study shows less prevalence of blood donation practice among medical students. It points to the need for more extensive studies to explore the factors deterring medical students from donating blood. Definitive strategies are also needed to encourage medical students to increased voluntary participation in blood donation.

scholarly journals Measures of generalized and central obesity among medical students in a tertiary care teaching hospital

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (5) ◽  
pp. 1124
Author(s):  
S. Senthil Kumar ◽  
S. Vithiavathi ◽  
P. Parameswaren ◽  
S. Rakesh Kumar
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Disease Process ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Normal Weight ◽  
Overweight And Obesity ◽  
Risk Category ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Medical College ◽  
Increased Risk

Background: Obesity is a disease process characterized by excessive body fat accumulation which is associated with a large number of debilitating and life-threatening disorders. It is necessary to curb obesity when its beginning in late childhood or adolescence and youngsters. Hence this study is aimed to determine the prevalence of obesity among medical college students.Methods: This is an observational cross-sectional study conducted at Aarupadai Veedu Medical College and Hospital, Puducherry. Height, weight, waist and hip circumference were measured, and BMI and Waist Hip ratio has been calculated according to WHO standards to determine obesity level in students.Results: Out of the total 94 students included in the study 56.4% students were in normal weight, 26.6% overweight, 6.4% were obese and shockingly 10.6 % were in the underweight category. Nearly 81.8% and 79.5% of female and male students respectively were in the substantially increased risk category showing insignificant difference between genders.Conclusions: This study shows that overweight and obesity is prevalent among medical students without much difference in gender basis. Frequent screening might create awareness among students and help them become more self-conscious regarding overweight and obesity.

scholarly journals Patterns of Substance Use in First Year and Final Year Medical Students: A Cross-sectional Study

2017 ◽  
Vol 03 (02) ◽  
pp. 098-101
Author(s):  
Himanshu Jaiswal ◽  
Sonam Jain ◽  
Shreyansh Jaiswal
Keyword(s):  
Substance Use ◽  
Medical Students ◽  
Tobacco Smoking ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Epidemiological Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
First Year ◽  
Care Hospital ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Medical College

Abstract Aim: The aim of this article is to compare substance use and abuse in medical students of a tertiary care hospital involved in various undergraduate and postgraduate teaching programs. Materials and methods: Using a structured epidemiological survey questionnaire for psychoactive substance use based on Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM)-IV criteria, 50 medical students in the first year and 50 medical students in the final year were compared. Results: One-fourth of all students reported nonmedical substance use. The substances used were alcohol, tobacco smoking, caffeine, etc. Most frequent substance use was alcohol and tobacco smoking due to easy availability. Their use mostly began after entry into medical college. Also, it was for a longer duration in final year students. Conclusion: Substance use disorders among medical students should be taken more seriously because they may influence their professional behavior. A well-planned program should be designed and implemented to train the medical students helping them develop coping skills and educating them about social, legal, and ethical impacts of substance use.

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