Investigation of Factors Affecting Preparedness of Reporting Adverse Drug Reactions among Nurses in Public and Private Hospitals in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

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dc.contributor.author Mugoyela, V.
dc.contributor.author Robert, R.
dc.contributor.author Msota, N.
dc.date.accessioned 2019-03-07T08:02:29Z
dc.date.available 2019-03-07T08:02:29Z
dc.date.issued 2018
dc.identifier.citation Mugoyela, V., Robert, R. and Masota, N., 2018. Investigation of Factors Affecting Preparedness of Reporting Adverse Drug Reactions among Nurses in Public and Private Hospitals in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania. Pharmacology & Pharmacy, 9(01), p.38. en_US
dc.identifier.issn 2157-9431
dc.identifier.issn 2157-9423
dc.identifier.uri http://dspace.muhas.ac.tz:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/2296
dc.description.abstract The current study assessed preparedness among nurses about reporting adverse drug reactions in public and private hospitals. Nurses in hospitals are among health providers very close to patients and are involved in the process of administering medications especially to inpatients. A cross sectional study was conducted among nurses in public and private hospitals in Dar es Salaam city in Tanzania to compare their preparedness on reporting adverse drug reactions (ADRs). A total of 384 nurses were involved in this study, of which 50% were drawn from public hospitals and 50% from private hospitals. Majority of respondents (75.25%) in public and 84.73% in private hospitals said they have not received any training about reporting ADRs. Of the few trained nurses, 85.43% and 96.55%, in public and private hospitals, respectively, said they have been trained in a seminar only once, after they started working as nurses. Respondents in public (19.17%) and private (32.8%) hospitals reported to stock ADRS forms (Yellow cards). Less than 50% of respondents agreed to have access to reference materials such as a text books named “Good Dispensing Practice” and a “List of Registered Medicines”. Further results showed more than two third of all respondents in private (74.25%) and public (73.5%) hospitals reported that lack of training affects the process of reporting ADRs in terms of ability and tendency. In this study we found training, availability of Yellow cards and presence of a focal person are among important contributing factors to preparedness of reporting ADRs among nurses in public and private hospitals. Keywords Nurses, ADRs, Public and Private Hospitals, Yellow Cards, Training en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Scrip.org en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries Pharmacology & Pharmacy;9(01), p.38
dc.subject Nurses en_US
dc.subject ADRs en_US
dc.subject Public and Private Hospitals en_US
dc.subject Yellow Cards en_US
dc.subject Training en_US
dc.title Investigation of Factors Affecting Preparedness of Reporting Adverse Drug Reactions among Nurses in Public and Private Hospitals in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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