EFFECT OF EDUCATIONAL INTERVENTION ON KNOWLEDGE ATTITUDE AND PERCEPTIONS ABOUT PHARMACOVIGILANCE AND ADVERSE DRUG REACTIONS REPORTING AMONG NURSING STUDENTS IN A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL IN SOUTH INDIA

Background: Medication safety among patients is one of the important issues in the modern world. Pharmacovigilance Programme of India was introduced with the aim of safeguarding the people’s health in India. Major limitations are underreporting and poor quality of reports. To strengthen the healthcare system, a multidisciplinary team of health care professionals is essential. Nurses are the persons who take part in the direct care of the patients and they must be aware of common ADRs and about reporting of the same and pharmacovigilance. Aim: This study aims to assess the awareness of Pharmacovigilance and Adverse Drug Reaction (ADR) reporting among the nursing students. Methods: This study was a Prospective and KAP questionnaire based Interventional study. An interactive educational intervention was designed in the form of power point presentation was delivered to the participants. Pre and Post tests were conducted before and after the presentation. Results: Participants knowledge about the pharmacovigilance was improved immediately after the educational intervention and there was some difficulty to retain after a month (p<0.05). Attitude and perception was improved after a month when compared to immediately after the educational intervention. Conclusions: The present study showed that the educational intervention improves knowledge and attitude about pharmacovigilance and ADR reporting system among nursing students.