| アブストラクト | BACKGROUND: In Thailand, the consumption of herbal medicines has been increasing. Adverse events (AEs) of herbal medicines have been identified through the spontaneous reporting system. However, the number of patients reporting AEs of herbal medicines remains limited. AIM: To explore the awareness and perceptions about the patient reporting system and to explore attitudes towards safety of herbal medicines, experiences, and intention to report AEs of herbal medicines. METHOD: Semi-structured in-depth interviews were conducted with stakeholders (patients, community pharmacists, village health volunteers, and consumers who had experienced submitting a complaint about health products to the Consumers Foundation). Additionally, a focus group discussion was held with stakeholders (academics, herbal medicine manufacturers, healthcare professionals, policy maker who was responsible for promoting the use of herbal medicines, pharmacovigilance staff, patient, and representative from patient organisations). The data were audio recorded, transcribed verbatim and analysed using thematic analysis. RESULTS: Fifty participants were interviewed and the focus group discussion included 12 participants. Patients had positive attitudes towards the safety of herbal medicines. Lack of awareness of the patient reporting system was identified. Nevertheless, all stakeholders acknowledged the importance of the safety monitoring of herbal medicines and indicated a willingness to report AEs via the patient reporting system in the future. A simple reporting system, a variety of reporting channels, the provision of feedback, and providing rewards would motivate patients to report AEs. CONCLUSION: Although there is a lack of awareness, this provides a great opportunity to improve patient AE reporting system for herbal medicines in Thailand. |
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| ジャーナル名 | International journal of clinical pharmacy |
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| Pubmed追加日 | 2023/2/7 |
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| 投稿者 | Worakunphanich, Wiwan; Suwankesawong, Wimon; Youngkong, Sitaporn; Thavorncharoensap, Montarat; Anderson, Claire; Toh, Li Shean |
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| 組織名 | Doctor of Philosophy Program in Social, Economic, and Administrative Pharmacy,;Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Mahidol University, Bangkok,;Thailand.;Department of Thai Traditional and Alternative Medicine, Thai Traditional;Medicine Research Institute, Ministry of Public Health, Nonthaburi, Thailand.;The College of Pharmaceutical and Health Consumer Protection of Thailand,;Bangkok, Thailand.;Health Technology Assessment Graduate Program, Mahidol University, Bangkok,;Social and Administrative Pharmacy Excellence Research (SAPER) Unit, Department;of Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.;Division of Pharmacy Practice and Policy, School of Pharmacy, University of;Nottingham, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, UK.;Nottingham, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, UK. lishean.toh@nottingham.ac.uk. |
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| Pubmed リンク | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36745312/ |
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