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. 2024 Nov 7;16(11):e73209.
doi: 10.7759/cureus.73209. eCollection 2024 Nov.

Impact of Sensitization on School Teachers' Knowledge and Attitudes Towards Adverse Drug Reaction Reporting During National Deworming Day: A Prospective Quasi-Experimental Study

Babita Sheoran  1 , Tirthankar Deb  2 , Mayur Tuteja  1 , Ashish Kumar  1 , Alapan Das  2 , Nitika Sharma  3
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Impact of Sensitization on School Teachers' Knowledge and Attitudes Towards Adverse Drug Reaction Reporting During National Deworming Day: A Prospective Quasi-Experimental Study

Babita Sheoran et al. Cureus. .

Abstract

Background: School teachers play a crucial role in executing administration of single dose albendazole to school children on National Deworming Day (NDD). Effective reporting of adverse drug reactions (ADRs) during such mass administration of medicines at the time of such public health programmes is vital for several policy decisions on safety. The study aims to evaluate teachers' knowledge and attitudes on ADR reporting regarding NDD and assess the impact of a sensitization program.

Method: A total of 163 school teachers from 94 schools in the district, who gave informed consent were included. The study utilized a pretested and prevalidated questionnaire, scored on a 0-10 scoring scale. Employing a prospective quasi-experimental one-group pre-test and post-test research design, the primary aim was to evaluate the impact of the awareness program, with secondary objectives focused on demographic correlations with program effectiveness.

Results: The study shows a significant improvement in participants' scores from the pre-test (mean score of 5.60) to the post-test (mean score of 8.28), resulting in a mean deviation of -2.68±1.74 (p < .001), suggesting that the intervention significantly enhanced outcomes. Additionally, the results indicate that the mean post-test score was slightly higher among urban participants in comparison to rural participants, with mean scores of 8.45 and 8.10, respectively.

Conclusion: The sensitization program significantly improved the knowledge and attitude of school teachers engaged in NDD regarding ADR reporting. However, long-term studies on the impact of this improvement in knowledge and attitude on actual ADR reporting need to be planned.

Keywords: adverse drug reaction; albendazole; attitude; knowledge; mass administration; national deworming day; pharmacovigilance; sensitization.

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Conflict of interest statement

Human subjects: Consent for treatment and open access publication was obtained or waived by all participants in this study. Institutional Ethics Committee, Kalpana Chawla Government Medical College, Karnal issued approval KCGMC/IEC/2023/120. Animal subjects: All authors have confirmed that this study did not involve animal subjects or tissue. Conflicts of interest: In compliance with the ICMJE uniform disclosure form, all authors declare the following: Payment/services info: All authors have declared that no financial support was received from any organization for the submitted work. Financial relationships: All authors have declared that they have no financial relationships at present or within the previous three years with any organizations that might have an interest in the submitted work. Intellectual property info: Registered with the copyright office, Government of India, registration number (L-153030/2024). Under literary work section: "Deb's Active Surveillance & Assisted Reporting System of Adverse Drug Reaction (ADR) Monitoring." This system has been used in methodology of this study. In name of Dr Tirthankar Deb (corresponding author). Other relationships: All authors have declared that there are no other relationships or activities that could appear to have influenced the submitted work.

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Figure 1. Comparative analysis of pre and post-test scores among participant (overall, rural and urban area)
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