Parental reporting of adverse drug reactions in South Africa: An online survey
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Date
2021
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AOSIS
Abstract
The high incidence of adverse drug reactions (ADRs) in children is of global
concern. Enhancing the reporting of ADRs could contribute to making safer medicines
available to children.To assess parents’ awareness of reporting ADRs and their knowledge on the reporting
procedures in South Africa.The questionnaire was completed voluntarily by 206 respondents. The majority of
participants (70.9%) were aware of the term ADR. Significant associations between not being
aware of the term ADR and single marital status, lower education level, not having private
medical aid and accessing public clinics for medical services were found. The majority
(66.5%) of participants did report an ADR to a healthcare professional whilst only 15%
reported it to a product manufacturer. More than half of the participants (58.7%) knew how
to report ADRs whilst 72.8% knew what type of ADRs to report. Almost a third (32.5%) did
not know where more information on ADR reporting could be found or how ADRs could be
reported (31.5%)
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Keywords
Drug reactions, Spontaneous reporting, Patient reporting systems, Parental reporting, Pharmacovigilance
Citation
Pillay, S. et al. (2021). Parental reporting of adverse drug reactions in South Africa: An online survey. African Journal of Primary Health Care and Family Medicine, 13(1), a2880. https://doi.org/10.4102/ phcfm.v13i1.2880