Barriers to Adverse Drug Reaction Reporting Among Hospital Prescribers
Department of Pharmacology, Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Corresponding Author: Rahman M, Doctus Journal of Pharmacology.
Abstract
Spontaneous reporting underpins pharmacovigilance yet remains sparse in most Indian teaching hospitals. We surveyed 212 prescribers across six departments about reporting practice and its obstacles. Only 17.5% had ever submitted a report, though 71% had encountered a reaction they considered reportable in the preceding year. The dominant barriers were uncertainty about whether a suspected reaction met the reporting threshold and the belief that well-known reactions need not be reported. Time and form complexity ranked below both. Targeted teaching on causality assessment, rather than simplification of the reporting form, is the intervention most likely to change behaviour here.
Keywords
Pharmacovigilance; Adverse Drug Reaction; Under-Reporting; Causality Assessment; Prescriber Survey; Drug Safety
How to Cite
Rahman M and Sen B. “Barriers to Adverse Drug Reaction Reporting Among Hospital Prescribers”. Doctus Journal of Pharmacology 2.7 (2026): 18-24.
Copyright and Licence
© 2026 Rahman M. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution Licence, which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.