Pharmacovigilance and Adverse Drug Reactions Reporting: Healthcare Providers’ Experiences from Southern Highland Tanzania
Purpose. This exploratory qualitative study aimed to analyze the experiences of healthcare providers (HCPs) in pharmacovigilance (PV) and ADR reporting in the southern highland zone of Tanzania. Methods. In 2022, an exploratory qualitative case study using in-depth interviews (IDIs) was conducted to...
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| author | Dorkasi L. Mwakawanga Manase Kilonzi Erick G. Philipo Aron Martine Tusaligwe Mbilinyi Nancy F. Kileo Bryceson Mkinga Cleopatra Justine Shonyella Juma A. Mohamedi Aurelia Clement Davance Mwasomola Stella E. Mushy Nathanael Sirili |
| author_facet | Dorkasi L. Mwakawanga Manase Kilonzi Erick G. Philipo Aron Martine Tusaligwe Mbilinyi Nancy F. Kileo Bryceson Mkinga Cleopatra Justine Shonyella Juma A. Mohamedi Aurelia Clement Davance Mwasomola Stella E. Mushy Nathanael Sirili |
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| description | Purpose. This exploratory qualitative study aimed to analyze the experiences of healthcare providers (HCPs) in pharmacovigilance (PV) and ADR reporting in the southern highland zone of Tanzania. Methods. In 2022, an exploratory qualitative case study using in-depth interviews (IDIs) was conducted to explore the experiences of PV and ADR reporting among HCPs (doctors, nurses, and pharmacists). The study was carried out in a zonal referral hospital and a regional referral hospital of the Tanzanian southern highlands zone. Inductive-deductive thematic analysis was adopted for data analysis. Results. Participants demonstrated adequate knowledge of PV and its related activities including ADR reporting. Knowing the interactions and wrong medication dosage as sources of ADR, signs, and symptoms, stopping the drug, and treating the symptoms following ADR emerged as subthemes linked with adequate knowledge in identifying and managing ADR. Participants perceived reporting ADR as laborious, posing a subjective burden and that not all ADRs needed to be reported. The latter contributed to limited participation in ADR reporting despite that participants were conversant with both physical and online ADR reporting platforms. Conclusion. Although HCPs are well informed about PV and ADR reporting including the benefits to public health, their involvement in ADR reporting is low. In addition to the ongoing on-the-job training and regular supportive supervision for HCPs to improve the ADR practice, there is still a need to explore other strategies to be used as motives for HCPs to report ADR regularly. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-a567c9b5cf054e89801804484d8d1f422025-08-20T03:19:00ZengWileyAdvances in Pharmacological and Pharmaceutical Sciences2633-46902023-01-01202310.1155/2023/5537592Pharmacovigilance and Adverse Drug Reactions Reporting: Healthcare Providers’ Experiences from Southern Highland TanzaniaDorkasi L. Mwakawanga0Manase Kilonzi1Erick G. Philipo2Aron Martine3Tusaligwe Mbilinyi4Nancy F. Kileo5Bryceson Mkinga6Cleopatra Justine Shonyella7Juma A. Mohamedi8Aurelia Clement9Davance Mwasomola10Stella E. Mushy11Nathanael Sirili12School of NursingSchool of PharmacySchool of PharmacySchool of PharmacySchool of PharmacySchool of Diagnostic MedicineSchool of PharmacySchool of PharmacySchool of PharmacyDepartment of PharmacyDepartment of PharmacySchool of NursingSchool of Public Health and Allied SciencesPurpose. This exploratory qualitative study aimed to analyze the experiences of healthcare providers (HCPs) in pharmacovigilance (PV) and ADR reporting in the southern highland zone of Tanzania. Methods. In 2022, an exploratory qualitative case study using in-depth interviews (IDIs) was conducted to explore the experiences of PV and ADR reporting among HCPs (doctors, nurses, and pharmacists). The study was carried out in a zonal referral hospital and a regional referral hospital of the Tanzanian southern highlands zone. Inductive-deductive thematic analysis was adopted for data analysis. Results. Participants demonstrated adequate knowledge of PV and its related activities including ADR reporting. Knowing the interactions and wrong medication dosage as sources of ADR, signs, and symptoms, stopping the drug, and treating the symptoms following ADR emerged as subthemes linked with adequate knowledge in identifying and managing ADR. Participants perceived reporting ADR as laborious, posing a subjective burden and that not all ADRs needed to be reported. The latter contributed to limited participation in ADR reporting despite that participants were conversant with both physical and online ADR reporting platforms. Conclusion. Although HCPs are well informed about PV and ADR reporting including the benefits to public health, their involvement in ADR reporting is low. In addition to the ongoing on-the-job training and regular supportive supervision for HCPs to improve the ADR practice, there is still a need to explore other strategies to be used as motives for HCPs to report ADR regularly.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2023/5537592 |
| spellingShingle | Dorkasi L. Mwakawanga Manase Kilonzi Erick G. Philipo Aron Martine Tusaligwe Mbilinyi Nancy F. Kileo Bryceson Mkinga Cleopatra Justine Shonyella Juma A. Mohamedi Aurelia Clement Davance Mwasomola Stella E. Mushy Nathanael Sirili Pharmacovigilance and Adverse Drug Reactions Reporting: Healthcare Providers’ Experiences from Southern Highland Tanzania Advances in Pharmacological and Pharmaceutical Sciences |
| title | Pharmacovigilance and Adverse Drug Reactions Reporting: Healthcare Providers’ Experiences from Southern Highland Tanzania |
| title_full | Pharmacovigilance and Adverse Drug Reactions Reporting: Healthcare Providers’ Experiences from Southern Highland Tanzania |
| title_fullStr | Pharmacovigilance and Adverse Drug Reactions Reporting: Healthcare Providers’ Experiences from Southern Highland Tanzania |
| title_full_unstemmed | Pharmacovigilance and Adverse Drug Reactions Reporting: Healthcare Providers’ Experiences from Southern Highland Tanzania |
| title_short | Pharmacovigilance and Adverse Drug Reactions Reporting: Healthcare Providers’ Experiences from Southern Highland Tanzania |
| title_sort | pharmacovigilance and adverse drug reactions reporting healthcare providers experiences from southern highland tanzania |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2023/5537592 |
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