Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://dx.doi.org/10.25673/118633
Title: Pharmacovigilance practice among pediatric neurologists from Poland and Germany
Author(s): Kopciuch, Dorota
Kus, Krzysztof
Niśkiewicz, Izabela
Fliciński, Jędrzej
Zaprutko, Tomasz
Ratajczak, Piotr
Nowakowska, Elżbieta
Hoffmann, Karolina
Koligat-Seitz, Agnieszka
Bryl, Wiesław
Paczkowska, Anna
Issue Date: 2023
Type: Article
Language: English
Abstract: Objectives: To compare the pediatric neurologists’ knowledge, practice, and barriers to the pharmacovigilance (PV) process in Poland and Germany. Methods: The research tool was an online anonymous questionnaire on Google Forms e-mailed to pediatric neurologists from Poland and Germany. Results: The questionnaires were handed out to 830 pediatric neurologists and 371 expressed their consent to participate in the study. Most of the neurologists were familiar with the definition of PV and adverse drug reactions (ADRs). Only 34.10% of pediatric neurologists from Poland, and 38.88% from Germany believe that many ADRs are preventable and almost most of them believe it is necessary to report ADRs from children with epilepsy. Unfortunately, in opposite to this knowledge, only 37.79% of respondents from Poland and 40.32% from Germany felt co-responsible for reporting ADRs. The main reason for the neurologists not to report ADRs was a conviction that reporting ADRs would be an additional burden generating extra work. Conclusion: There is no big difference between the practice of PV by pediatric neurologists in Poland and Germany. System-regulated PV stabilization in the country translates into the practice of maintaining PV. Monitoring the safety of pharmacotherapy and knowledge of risks associated with ADRs should be included in the curricula of academic neurologics courses.
URI: https://opendata.uni-halle.de//handle/1981185920/120591
http://dx.doi.org/10.25673/118633
Open Access: Open access publication
License: (CC BY 4.0) Creative Commons Attribution 4.0(CC BY 4.0) Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
Journal Title: BMC medical education
Publisher: BioMed Central
Publisher Place: London
Volume: 23
Original Publication: 10.1186/s12909-023-04542-4
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