KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE AND PRACTICE (KAP) OF MATERIOVIGILANCE AMONG POST-GRADUATES & INTERN IN A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL IN NAGPUR: A CROSS-SECTIONAL OBSERVATIONAL STUDY
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Materiovigilance, Medical device adverse events, Knowledge attitude and practice, Postgraduate residents, medical interns, Patient safety.
Abstract
Materiovigilance is crucial in-patient safety because it observes adverse outcomes concerning medical devices, but underreporting is a significant issue, especially in underdeveloped health care systems. The present study is a cross-sectional observational study that was carried out to determine the knowledge, attitude, and practice (KAP) of materiovigilance among postgraduate residents and medical interns in a tertiary care teaching hospital in Nagpur within the six months. The enrolled participants (n=302) were done so through a validated, self-administered questionnaire of sociodemographic and knowledge, attitude as well as practice domains. The statistical analysis was conducted in SPSS, through descriptive and inferential analysis. The results showed that a low percentage of the participants were well informed of materiovigilance and most of them had moderate to low knowledge especially on Materiovigilance Programme of India and reporting process. Although the overall attitude towards adverse event reporting and patient safety was mainly positive, the reality practice was poor with a substantial difference between the exposure to adverse events related to medical devices and the official reporting. Multivariate analysis revealed that previous training in materiovigilance and sufficient knowledge were significant predictors of good reporting whereas attitude alone failed to have any independent relationship with good reporting practice. The research notes that it is necessary to implement the structured training, curricular inculcation, streamlined reporting strategies, and supportive institutional policies that would reinforce materiovigilance practices and improve patient safety.
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Dr Anjali Date
Associate Professor Department of Physiology N.K.P. Salve Institute of Medical Sciences & Research Centre and Lata Mangeshkar Hospital, Nagpur, Maharashtra
Dr Amit P Date
Associate Professor Department of Pharmacology N.K.P. Salve Institute of Medical Sciences & Research Centre and Lata Mangeshkar Hospital, Nagpur, Maharashtra
Dr Nirbhay Kumar
Junior Resident II Department of Pharmacology N.K.P. Salve Institute of Medical Sciences & Research Centre and Lata Mangeshkar Hospital, Nagpur, Maharashtra
