Advances in Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety

Yamaguchi H

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• Research Article
  Prevalence, Determinants, and Reasons for the Non-Reporting of Adverse Drug Reactions by Pharmacists in the Miyagi and Hokkaido Regions of Japan
  Author(s): Obara T, Yamaguchi H, Satoh M, Iida Y, Sakai T, Aoki Y, Murai Y, Matsuura M, Sato M, Ohkubo T, Iseki K and Mano NObara T, Yamaguchi H, Satoh M, Iida Y, Sakai T, Aoki Y, Murai Y, Matsuura M, Sato M, Ohkubo T, Iseki K and Mano N
  
  Little is known about the potential of adverse drug reaction (ADR) non-reporting by Japanese pharmacists. The aim of the present study was to clarify the prevalence, determinants, and reasons for ADR non-reporting by pharmacists in the Miyagi and Hokkaido regions of Japan. In this cross-sectional, self-administered questionnaire-based study, we contacted 3,164 pharmacists who belonged to the Miyagi Prefecture Hospital Pharmacists Association or the Hokkaido Society of Hospital Pharmacists during the 3-month period between January to March 2013. Of the 1,795 respondents 22.4% were <30 years of age, 25.6% were ≥ 50 years of age, and 42.1% were female. A total of 77.6% of the respondents did not have a personal history of ADR reporting. The multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that female sex (odds ratio, 1.52; 95% confidence interval, .. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2167-1052.1000191

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