Evaluation of pharmacovigilance related knowledge, attitude and practice among healthcare professionals and students in a tertiary-care hospital: a cross-sectional study

Background: Pharmacovigilance (PV) plays a critical role in ensuring medication safety by identifying, evaluating and preventing adverse drug reactions (ADRs). Assessing the knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) of healthcare professionals is essential for strengthening ADR reporting systems. To assess the knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) related to pharmacovigilance among healthcare professionals and students and to analyse the association of KAP scores with age and professional category. Methods: This cross-sectional study utilized the ICMR pharmacovigilance KAP questionnaire to assess responses from 332 participants. Descriptive statistics were applied, Kruskal–Wallis’s test for intergroup comparison and Spearman’s correlation was used to evaluate associations between age and KAP scores. Data on professional experience were not available. A p value