Pharmacovigilance in healthcare education: students’ knowledge, attitude and perception: a cross-sectional study in Saudi Arabia

Table 3 Healthcare Students’ Attitudes Toward Pharmacovigilance and ADR reporting

Q. No		% Agreed					P-value
Q. No		Total	Medicine	Pharmacy	Dentistry	Nursing	P-value
1	Reporting ADR make a significant contribution to reporting system	95.1	26.9	38.0	17.2	13.0	< 0.0001
2	Reporting ADR make a significant contribution to patient safety	94.1	27.7	37.4	17.0	11.8	< 0.0001
3	Reporting ADR is a responsibility of me	85.2	23.4	35.2	15.8	10.8	< 0.0001
4	Reporting ADR should be made compulsory for all healthcare professionals	87.9	25.2	39.4	16.1	11.0	< 0.0001

Note: Study sample comprised of 710 healthcare students; 282 pharmacy students, 208 medical students, 123 dentistry students, and 97 nurse students
The percentages of responses indicating agreement and strong agreement were combined. P-value derived from the chi-square test
Abbreviation: ADR Adverse drug reaction

ISSN: 1472-6920