Table 3

Healthcare workers' perception about ADR and spontaneous reporting systems' goals, before and after intervention

GoalBefore interventionAfter interventionp Value
To enable safe drugs to be identified36 (43.9)46 (56.1)0.02
To measure the incidence of ADR39 (47.6)57 (69.5)<0.001
To identify factors which might predispose to ADR35 (42.7)58 (70.7)<0.001
To identify previously unrecognised ADRs56 (68.3)70 (85.4)<0.001
To compare ADRs for drugs in similar therapeutic classes36 (43.9)52 (63.4)<0.001
To compare ADRs of same drug from different drug companies44 (53.7)44 (53.7)1
  • ADRs, adverse drug reactions.