Dentists’ knowledge on pharmacovigilance: an example preliminary study in a dentistry faculty Dişhekimlerinin Farmakovijilans Bilgileri: Diş Hekimliği Fakültesinde Bir Önçalışma Örneği
Hacettepe University Journal of the Faculty of Pharmacy, cilt.41, sa.1, ss.1-8, 2021 (Scopus)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 41 Sayı: 1
- Basım Tarihi: 2021
- Dergi Adı: Hacettepe University Journal of the Faculty of Pharmacy
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Scopus
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.1-8
- Anahtar Kelimeler: Dentists, Patient follow-up, Pharmacists, Pharmacovigilance, Public health
- Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
Healthcare professionals have an important role in the management of diseases and they have the social and professional responsibility to be knowledgeable on efficacy of the therapeutics. And health professionals need to be aware of the the safety and be vigilant on side effects of medicines.. With this research, it was aimed to determine the knowledge and experience about adverse drug effects and pharmacovigilance of dentists, who are healthcare providers and pharmacovigilance stakeholders. The questionnaire method was preferred and the research questions were prepared by the researchers in line with the terms in the relevant legislation and the literature. Faculty of dentistry of a foundation university’s practice hospital was selected as the pilot area. With a structured agenda, all dentists were invited to a training meeting and at the beginning of the training the questionnaires were given in which collected after the session. 32 dentists voluntarily participated in the survey. The demographic status of the participants was evaluated. Most of the dentists who participating in this study, stated that they applied medication “frequently”. About 71,9% of the participants in the questionnaire stated that they did not experience any side effects such as medication whereas 90,6% of the participants have marked the option that they do not have information about pharmacovigilance. As in pharmacy faculties, it has been understood that it is important to transfer pharmacovigilance and toxicovigilance systems within the scope of undergraduate education in medical and dentistry faculties that are authorized to prescribe drugs after graduation. In addition, pharmacists trained on adverse drug effects and pharmacovigilance should continue to contribute to raising awareness and contribute to interprofessional interaction by collaborating with other healthcare professionals. This research should be regarded as a pilot study and should be repeated with a high number of participants in the dentist’s field.