02018nas a2200229 4500008004100000245006900041210006700110260001500177300000900192490000700201520133700208653002601545653001401571653001401585653001401599653001701613100002501630700002701655700001901682700002901701856005801730 2021 eng d00aPhysician’s Knowledge of Adverse Drug Reaction in Saudi Arabia0 aPhysician s Knowledge of Adverse Drug Reaction in Saudi Arabia cMarch 2021 a6-120 v103 a

Objectives: To state the physicians and dentists’ knowledge and responsiveness of the adverse drug reaction (ADR) and reporting system in Saudi Arabia. Methods: It was a cross-sectional design of an authorized self-administered electronic survey about awareness and knowledge valuation of the ADR reporting system in Saudi Arabia. The electronic survey contained of demographic data and designated knowledge assessment of participants about the ADR reporting system. Results: The total number of participants was 151. Of those, 111 (73.5%) were physicians, while dentists were 39 (26.5%). Of those (93.38%) responders who perceived of the ADR reporting system and (54.3%) knew the diverse types of hypersensitivity reaction. Also, (45.33%) knew the official form of ADR reporting system, (43.71%) knew to reflect the ADR as sentinel events and (34.44%) knew about the legal provision in the medicine act that provides pharmacovigilance activities in Saudi Arabia. Conclusion: The physicians knowledge of ADR and reporting system was insufficient in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Targeting education and training is a planned goal to recover physicians’ ADR knowledge and all healthcare professionals and ADR’s documentation system.

10aAdverse drug reaction10aKnowledge10aPhysician10aReporting10aSaudi Arabia1 aAlomi, Yousef, Ahmed1 aAlamoudi, Nouf, Hassan1 aAlanazi, Sabah1 aAlmasoudi, Abeer, Hussin uhttp://ijphs.org/article/2021/10/1/105530ijpcs2021102