Abstract:
Abstract – Adverse drug reaction (ADR) is a
significant cause of morbidity and mortality
worldwide. Reporting of ADRs is considered
to be an important step to achieve a safe
drug use. Reporting of ADR becomes a part
of professional obligation of a pharmacist, as
expanding of the role towards patient care
rather than the dispensing. This study was
conducted to assess the knowledge, attitude
regarding ADR reporting and association of
socio-demographic and work-related
factors among pharmacists working at
Public Sector Hospitals in Northern
Province, Sri Lanka. It is a descriptive crosssectional
study which was conducted among
76 pharmacists using validated selfadministered
questionnaire. Descriptive
statistics was used to describe the data.
Association of socio-demographic and workrelated
factors on knowledge and attitude
was determined by chi-square test and
fisher’s extract test. Data were analyzed by
using SPSS version 23. The response rate of
the study was 88.2% (n=67). The mean age
of participants was 35.8 ± 9.3 years and
most of them were females (71.6%, n=48).
Predetermined cut-off value was used as 70
% to determine the level of knowledge and
attitude regarding ADR reporting with help
of supervisors. Among participants, 65.2%
(n=44) of participants had good knowledge
about ADRs and 67.2% (n=45) had positive
attitude towards ADR reporting. Extra
working hours had statistically significant
influence on knowledge on ADR (p=0.048)
and working experience showed significant
influence on the attitude toward ADR
reporting (p=0.03). This study revealed that
majority of pharmacists had good level of
knowledge and positive attitude towards
ADR reporting.
