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Table 4 Healthcare Students’ Perception of PV and ADR Practice

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

Q. No

Correct Answers (%)

Total

Medicine

Pharmacy

Dentistry

Nursing

P-value

1

Do you feel you are adequately prepared to report ADR in your future practice?

42.7

7.9

21.1

5.1

8.6

< 0.0001

2

Do you believe that all medical students’ need education about PV and ADR reporting system?

89.6

25.4

36.8

15.9

11.5

0.045

3

If you offered an opportunity to undertake education in PV and ADR reporting system, would you be willing to participate?

85.1

23.7

36.1

15.4

10.0

< 0.0001

  1. Note: Study sample comprised of 710 healthcare students; 282 pharmacy students, 208 medical students, 123 dentistry students, and 97 nurse students
  2. The percentages of responses indicating correct answers to the perception questions. P-value derived from the chi-square test
  3. Abbreviations: ADR Adverse drug reaction, PV Pharmacovigilance