Year: 2025 | Month: November | Volume: 15 | Issue: 11 | Pages: 212-221
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52403/ijhsr.20251126
Knowledge, Attitude and Practice Towards Materiovigilance Among Nursing Students at a Tertiary Care Hospital - A Cross-Sectional Questionnaire Based Interventional Study
Dr. Revathi1, Dr. Nalini GK2, Dr. Vishnu K3, Dr. Nishitha SB4
1PG Resident, Department of Pharmacology,
Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Medical College and Research Institution College
2Professor and Head, Department of Pharmacology,
Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Medical College and Research Institution College
3Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology,
Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Medical College and Research Institution College
4Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology,
Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Medical College and Research Institution College
RGUHS University, Bangalore, India.
Corresponding Author: Dr. Revathi
ABSTRACT
Background: Materiovigilance is an important factor in medical device safety and awareness among healthcare providers is still substandard. Hence this programme was conducted to promote and facilitate adverse events due to medical device to safe guard and ensure the benefits of use medical device.
Methods: The interventional cross-sectional study was undertaken for two months at Bowring and Lady Curzon Hospital, attached to Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Medical College and Research Institute, Bangalore, India. 79 nursing students, who were chosen by simple random sampling contributed voluntarily. Data were gathered with a structured and validated questionnaire on Google Forms prior to and after an educational intervention. The questionnaire evaluated on knowledge (9 Multiple Choice Questions), attitude (3 Yes/No questions), and practice (4 Yes/No questions). Descriptive statistics and chi square test. (p < 0.05 was regarded as significant) were used for statistical analysis.
Results: After the intervention, participants demonstrated statistically significant improvement in majority of the parameters. Specifically, recognition of the MvPI acronym improved from 22% to 99% (p = 0.0001), and familiarity with correct reporting form improved from 28% to 73% (p = 0.0001). Attitudes also significantly improved, with perception of the necessity of reporting adverse events rising from 42% to 90% (p = 0.0001). Practice-based outcomes were diverse; while the incidence of adverse drug reactions was consistent (24% to 27%; p = 0.71), exposure to formal training increased significantly from 15% to 99% (p = 0.0001) and reading literature on the topic improved from 18% to 35% (p = 0.01).
Conclusion: The educational intervention significantly improved knowledge and attitude of nursing students regarding Materiovigilance, with modest gains in practice-related behaviour. Incorporation of such training into nursing educational curricula will enhance future healthcare professionals’ commitment towards medical device safety.
Key words: Materiovigilance, Knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP), Nursing students, Materiovigilance Programme of India (MvPI)